Remember to e nter our drawing for a chance to win a copy of the book! Gergana offers a refreshing look at the “tragedy” of the talented woman–a suppression of knowledge and capability that results not from word of mouth, but from patriarchal fear. In this guest post, Gergana discusses the lasting impact of ancient Japanese author S ei Shōnagon, a highly educated woman who felt the weight of patriarchal limitations in her time, and whose story repeats itself today in the lives of women globally and in Modern Japan. We are continuing to celebrate Women’s History Month with this week’s feature Unbinding the Pillow Book, by Gergana Ivanova, associate professor of Japanese literature and culture at the University of Cincinnati. ” ~Michael Emmerich, University of California, Los Angeles The Pillow Book has long been one of my favorite books now, having read this engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the different meanings it has come to embody in everything from seventeenth-century commentaries to twenty-first-century popular culture, I see it as I have never seen it before. “ Meticulously researched and persuasively argued, Unbinding The Pillow Book offers a dynamic portrait of one of the most important works of world literature and of the woman who wrote it more than a millennium ago.
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