Constructing subjectivities; autobiographies in modern Japan.9780739117163 Constructing subjectivities; autobiographies in modern Japan. Tomonari, Noboru. Lexington Books 2008 215 pages $75.00 Hardcover CT25 Tomonari (Asian languages and literatures, Carleton College Carleton College Private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minn., founded in 1866. It offers a variety of undergraduate majors. Small classes and opportunities to participate in faculty research projects attract a select student body, most from out of state. ) analyzes the complex relationship between memory and modernity in autobiography autobiography: see biography. autobiography Biography of oneself narrated by oneself. Little autobiographical literature exists from antiquity and the Middle Ages; with a handful of exceptions, the form begins to appear only in the 15th century. and the transformation in the Japanese economy and society that gave birth to the genre. He discusses patterns of society in the late Tokugawa Period Tokugawa period (1603–1867) In Japanese history, period of the military government established by Tokugawa Ieyasu with his assumption of the title of shogun in 1603. The structures Ieyasu set in place were effective for governing Japan for the next 264 years. , the joys of living as an entrepreneur, and the discontent associated with traditional virtue. He uses case studies of modern commercial managers combined with material on the concept of satisfying ambition and succeeding in business in the Meiji Period Meiji period (1868–1912) Period in Japanese history beginning with the enthronment of the Meiji emperor and ending with his death. It was a time of rapid modernization and westernization. , and he closely examines autobiographies from anarchists and socialists The following is a list of self-identified socialists, divided by geographical location. in the 1920s, comparing their treatment of memory with those of business leaders. The closing discussion is a fascinating examination of the autobiographies of Japanese working mothers in the 1950s. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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