The Female as Subject: Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan Volume 70

by G.G. Rowley

Book Overview

The Female as Subject presents 11 essays by an international group of scholars from Europe, Japan, and North America examining what women of different social classes read, what books were produced specifically for women, and the genres in which women themselves chose to write. The authors explore the different types of education women obtained and the levels of literacy they achieved, and they uncover women's participation in the production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929280653
• ISBN13: 9781929280650
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 22.7" x 9.0"