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2001-2002 Speaker Series  |
"Fashioning
the Feminine:
a presentation by Professor Rebecca Copeland
4:00 - 5:00pm
Dr. Copeland's presentation is part of the Distinguished Lecture Series on Japan sponsored by the Northeast Area Council of the Association for Asian Studies. As part of this series, Dr. Copeland will also speak at Guilford College and Wake Forest University. Free and open to the public
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| About Rebecca Copeland
Rebecca Copeland is associate professor of Japanese language and literature at Washington University of St. Louis. She has published extensively on Japanese women's writing, and is also highly regarded as a translator of Japanese fiction. Her books include: Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2000); The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo (University of Hawaii Press, 1992); The Story of a Single Woman (a translation of Aru hitori no onna no hanashi by Uno Chiyo) (London: Peter Owen, Ltd. 1992). The Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father, edited by Rebecca L. Copeland and Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (University of Hawaii Press: 2001) will be available soon. Professor Copeland is a vibrant, engaging speaker whose interests are wide-ranging. One of her most recent presentations explored Japanese women's detective fiction. We are pleased to have her speak in North Carolina, her home state, this fall as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Northeast Area Council of the Association for Asian Studies. |
| About
the presentation:
Critics generally read Miyake Kaho's 1888 Yabu no uguisu (Warbler in the Grove) as a simplistic vilification of all things Western and a veneration of Japanese traditions. However, an analysis of the way she dresses her characters, and the attention she pays to architecture and food and the minutia of daily life, reveals, I believe, a more complicated and nuanced approach to Meiji society--particularly as regards the appreciation of women's roles. I will discuss Kaho`s work within the context of late nineteenth-century Japan. |
| Speaking dates and locations | Contact us for more information about Professor Copeland's North Carolina lectures: |
| Wednesday, October 10th: UNC-Chapel Hill | Jan Bardsley bardsley@email.unc.edu |
| Thursday, October 11th: Guilford College | Hiroko Hirakawa hhirakaw@guilford.edu |
| Friday, October 12th: Wake Forest University | David Phillips phillidp@wfu.edu |