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The subversive girl and national discourse in pre-war Japan: Takeda Taijun's Kizoku no kaidan

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posted on 2023-05-16, 22:22 authored by Barbara HartleyBarbara Hartley
This article examines representations of the 26 February 1936 Incident in Japan as seen through the eyes of Himiko, the daughter of the fictional leader of the House of Peers. The text discussed is a 1959 medium length novel, entitled kizoku no Kaidan (The Staircase of the Aristocracy), by post-war novelist, Takeda Taijun (1912-1976). A feature of the text is its subversion of hegomonic interpretations of Japanese military masculinity.

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Publication title

Asian Studies Review

Volume

32

Pagination

361-374

ISSN

1035-7823

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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  • Restricted

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