Fwd: Special Japan issue of _Intersections_

[Aaron Gerow]

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From: Narrelle Morris <narrellemorris at yahoo.com>


Anne-Marie Medcalf and Carolyn Brewer are now pleased
to announce that the seventh and special issue of the
journal _Intersections; Gender, History and Culture in
the Asian Context_ (School of Asian Studies and the
Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western
Australia) has been posted to the net at

http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections

Drawing from the fields of history, anthropology,
literature and cultural studies this issue showcases
some of the most recent research on historical and
contemporary Japan (see table of contents below).

In addition, the review section introduces a selection
of books bearing on China, Japan, Thailand, the
Philippines and the Asia Pacific region in general. We
are also extremely pleased to welcome Yingchi Chu,
also from Murdoch University, as cinema guest editor
for this issue.

The call for papers for the next three issues, as well
as submission details,can be accessed from the
journal's home page.

Table of Contents

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Marriage, Rank and Rape in The Tale of Genji
Royall Tyler

Competing Narratives of Romance and Rape: A Marital
Damage Trial in Japan
Catherine Burns

Innocence to Deviance: The Fetishisation of Japanese
Women in Western Fiction, 1890s-1990s
Narrelle Morris

Frameworks

The Relevance of the Bridging of Discourse and
Feminist Theory for Japan
Chris Burgess

My Queer Career: Coming out as a 'Researcher' in Japan
Sharon Chalmers

Perspectives

Unstable Mothers: Redefining Motherhood in
Contemporary Japan
Megan McKinlay

Resistance to Difference: Sexual Equality and its
Advocates in Imperial Japan
Helene Bowen-Raddeker

Depicting Women: Reading the Memoirs and Films of
Atsugi Taka
Ron Loftus

Pink Collar Work: The Caf  Waitress in Early Twentieth
Century Japan
Elise K. Tipton

Voices: On Age and Gender

Speaking of Life: Life Histories of the
Institutionalised Elderly in Kotobuki
Yongmei Wu, who also presents her interviews.

Film Review Section

Anime's Apocalypse: Neon Genesis Evangelion as
Millennarian Mecha
a review essay by Mick Broderick

Director Lou Ye's Suzhou River
reviewed by Jerry Clode

Anne-Marie Medcalf and Carolyn Brewer
_Intersections: Gender History and Culture in the
Asian Context_

<http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/>
email: intrsect at central.murdoch.edu.au
School of Asian Studies
Murdoch University, Perth 6150, W.A., Australia
Tel.: (08)9360 6251
Fax.: (08)9360 6575



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