Woman and the Body in Modern Japanese Poetry

The article focuses on the three contemporary Japanese poets Yosano Akiko, Sagawa Chika and Ito Hiromi as examples of women who break away from the conventions of “women’s poetry” and subvert the image of femininity which has been traditionally portrayed in poems written by Japanese women, at the sa...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a3a8271736d349a6b34ec0369a1e0ee62021-12-02T17:55:48ZWoman and the Body in Modern Japanese Poetry1136-57812013-9470https://doaj.org/article/a3a8271736d349a6b34ec0369a1e0ee62011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/7229https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470The article focuses on the three contemporary Japanese poets Yosano Akiko, Sagawa Chika and Ito Hiromi as examples of women who break away from the conventions of “women’s poetry” and subvert the image of femininity which has been traditionally portrayed in poems written by Japanese women, at the same time that they preserve in their works themes related to the female sex. Taking as connecting point the female body and the way it is positioned in relation to the outside world, the article analyzes how Yosano, Sagawa and Ito -each in her own subversive way– use different languages to explore the female body itself, as well as themes such as female sexuality, love, motherhood and death.Toshiko EllisUniversitat de BarcelonaarticleJapanese poetry“women’s poetry”subversionYosano AkikoSagawa ChikaIto HiromiWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Iss 16 (2011)
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topic Japanese poetry
“women’s poetry”
subversion
Yosano Akiko
Sagawa Chika
Ito Hiromi
Women. Feminism
HQ1101-2030.7
spellingShingle Japanese poetry
“women’s poetry”
subversion
Yosano Akiko
Sagawa Chika
Ito Hiromi
Women. Feminism
HQ1101-2030.7
Toshiko Ellis
Woman and the Body in Modern Japanese Poetry
description The article focuses on the three contemporary Japanese poets Yosano Akiko, Sagawa Chika and Ito Hiromi as examples of women who break away from the conventions of “women’s poetry” and subvert the image of femininity which has been traditionally portrayed in poems written by Japanese women, at the same time that they preserve in their works themes related to the female sex. Taking as connecting point the female body and the way it is positioned in relation to the outside world, the article analyzes how Yosano, Sagawa and Ito -each in her own subversive way– use different languages to explore the female body itself, as well as themes such as female sexuality, love, motherhood and death.
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title Woman and the Body in Modern Japanese Poetry
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publisher Universitat de Barcelona
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