The Outsider Within Ten Essays on Modern Japanese Women Writers

The Outsider Within contains ten articles written by new and veteran scholars of Japanese women writers, both from the U.S. and abroad, with a focus on their fictional works available in English translation. Preceded by a general introduction, which discusses the position of the Japanese woman writer as an outsider within their native society, the ten essays offer general information on Japanese women's literature, society, and culture, along with detailed analyses of individual works.

Andra Alvis is an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Language and Cultures at Indiana University-Bloomington Chieko M. Ariga is associate professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Utah Masayo Kaneko is a Ph D candidate in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently teaching at New York University Chigusa Kimura-Steven is associate professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) Faye Yuan Kleeman is currently teaching Japanese literature and culture at the University of Colorado at Boulder Tomoko Kuribayashi teaches English literature and composition at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Kiyo Sakamoto is currently writing a dissertation the University of Wisconsin-Madison Donna George Storey is currently a research associate with the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Mizuho Terasawa teaches at Waseda University in Tokyo Reiko Yonogi is associate professor of Japanese Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis