The Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction ebook

by Makoto Ueda

The Mother of Dreams is an anthology of modern Japanese fiction portraying Japanese women, arranged according to. .These short stories span a period that has seen great changes in the status of Japanese women

The Mother of Dreams is an anthology of modern Japanese fiction portraying Japanese women, arranged according to five categories: To Lafcadio Hearn at the turn of the century, Japan's most priceless objets d'art were not the delicate masterpieces of its fine arts but its women. Today, the women of Japan are viewed with a mixture of old stereotypes and new misconceptions. These short stories span a period that has seen great changes in the status of Japanese women. There has also been a transformation in women s expectations of themselves and of the people around them.

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The ambitious short story collection Mother of Dreams: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction .

The ambitious short story collection Mother of Dreams: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction used a similar device when it was published in 1989, grouping its stories under identities: maiden, wife, mother, mistress, working woman.

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The Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction. The literature on Japanese women's speech would support this notion.

portrayals of women in modern Japanese fiction. 1st paperback ed. by Makoto Ueda. The mother of dreams - Ooka Shohei. Pheasant - Setouchi Harumi. A woman to call mother - Hirabayashi Taiko. - The working woman. Song of a dead girl - Abe Kobo. Published 1989 by Kodansha International in Tokyo, New York The mother of dreams - Ooka Shohei. The tomoshibi - Ariyoshi Sawako. Lady of the evening faces - Hiraiwa Yumie. Apostolou, John, and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories. New York: Tokyo, 1986. Woman in the Dunes. New York: Knopf, 1964. New York: Dembner, 1989. Birnbaum, Alfred, ed. Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1991.

Makoto Ueda (上田真 Ueda Makoto, born 1931) is a professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Stanford University. Mother of Dreams: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction (2004). Education and career. in comparative literature in 1961. In 2004-2005 he served as the honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento, California. He was given that honor "in recognition of Ueda’s many decades of academic writing about haiku and related genres and his leading translations of Japanese haiku.

Nineteen stories portray the modern Japanese maiden, wife, mistress, mother, and working woman

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As a traveler to Japan, I was looking for some literature which would give me insights into the culture. As a woman, I always want to know how females fare in a culture. This book was perfect. Made up of many short stories, it gave me glimpses into the writing of celebrated Japanese writers. I would not rate all of the stories as great by my standard, but they all gave me a bit more understanding of how people respond to their culture.

Mopimicr

Stories are beautifully written and give you a sense of Asian culture minus the stereotypes. The stories are often poetic. You are right there in the scenes, but authors are not so conscientious that they tell you everything. They sometimes write with a distant eye and allow you to use your imagination. Stories range from thirty-something married women being jelous of twenty-something married women to slick geisha girls. I am not Asian and enjoyed learning about the culture through the talented writers, who gave the stories a soul without having an agenda.

Flocton

I got it because of the good reviews but it was bad.