Narrating Gender Reality in Japanese Folktale Tradition
by
Fumihiko Kobayashi
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
A familiar, beloved, and yet misunderstood character in the Japanese folktale tradition is the animal-woman, an earthly animal that assumes the form of a female human. In order to articulate the characteristics that make Japanese Animal-Wife tales unique, this trailblazing book Japanese Animal-Wife...