Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Lienemann Direct Response and Scholarly Promotions Manager University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu Who is the ³poison woman²? POISON WOMAN: Figuring Female Transgression in Modern Japanese Culture Christine L. Marran University of Minnesota Press | 264 pages | 2007 ISBN 978-0-8166-4726-2 | hardcover | $67.50 ISBN 978-0-8166-4727-9 | paperback | $22.50 Based on the lives and crimes of no less than twenty real women, dokufu (poison women) narratives emerged as a powerful presence in Japan during the 1870s. In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining women's sexuality and place in Japan. ³Poison Woman is a remarkable project, original and important. Marran's work makes essential reading for anyone interested in the transformations of sexuality, gender, and literature in modern Japan.² ‹Michael K. Bourdaghs ³Poison Woman marks a new and exciting kind of scholarship in Japanese literary and feminist studies. There is simply nothing like it.² ‹Jan Bardsley For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book¹s webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/M/marran_poison.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]