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The Weak Body of a Useless Woman (Paperback, New): Anne Walthall

The Weak Body of a Useless Woman (Paperback, New)

Anne Walthall

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In 1862, fifty-one-year-old Matsuo Taseko left her old life behind by traveling to Kyoto, the old imperial capital. Peasant, poet, and local political activist, Taseko had come to Kyoto to support the nativist campaign to restore the Japanese emperor and expel Western "barbarians." Although she played a minor role in the events that led to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, her actions were nonetheless astonishing for a woman of her day. Honored as a hero even before her death, Taseko has since been adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists.
In telling Taseko's story, Anne Walthall gives us not just the first full biography in English of a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868), but also fresh perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Writing about Taseko with a depth and complexity that has thus far been accorded only to men of that time, Walthall has uncovered a tale that will captivate anyone concerned with women's lives and with Japan's dramatic transition to modernity.

General

Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 1998
First published: November 1998
Authors: Anne Walthall
Dimensions: 232 x 154 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 428
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-87237-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN: 0-226-87237-8
Barcode: 9780226872377

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