This latest issue contains research papers on a wide range of topics, from studies of pre-War housewives to theories of physical representation in the works of contemporary female authors.

CONTENTS

From Gothic Lolita to Radiant Shaman:
The Development of Mariko Mori’s Ethereal Personae
Allison Holland


Skin-Deep: The Body in Fiction by Kanehara Hitomi
and Hasegawa Junko
David Holloway


Down the Rabbit Hole: In Pursuit of Shōjo Alices,
from Lewis Carroll to Kanai Mieko
Mary A. Knighton
　　　　

New Women to New Housewives:
Changing Discourses in Sinyŏsŏng, 1923–34
Ji-Eun Lee


“Don’t Let Geisha Steal Your Husband”:
The Reconstruction of the Housewife in Interwar Japan
Aiko Tanaka

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