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Literary Criticism Women Authors

Resisting Manchukuo

Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation

by (author) Norman Smith

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2008
Category
Women Authors, Chinese, China, Women's Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774813365
    Publish Date
    Jul 2008
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774813358
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774855907
    Publish Date
    Jul 2008
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

Norman Smith reveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45) and examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the period. Smith shows how a complex blend of fear and freedom produced an environment in which Chinese women writers could articulate dissatisfaction with the overtly patriarchal and imperialist nature of the Japanese cultural agenda while working in close association with colonial institutions.

 

The first book in English on women’s history in twentieth-century Manchuria, Resisting Manchukuo adds to a growing literature that challenges traditional understandings of Japanese colonialism.

About the author

Awards

  • Winner, Canadian Women's Studies Association Book Prize

Contributor Notes

Norman Smith is an assistant professor of history at the University of Guelph.