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01/31/2020
Gainesville (FL)

Dr. Rebecca Copeland, “Thinking Back Through Mythical Mothers: Modern Japanese Women Writers Retell the Past”

Dr. Rebecca Copeland

Time & Location

January 31, 4 PM
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

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As part of the Print, Power and Parable Speaker Series at the University of Florida, Dr. Rebecca Copeland (University of Washington in St. Louis) will discuss female Japanese authors such as Kurahashi Yumiko, Oba Minako, and Kirino Natsuo who look to mythological mother figures as a lens to consider alternate forms of power, sexuality, and social entitlement.

This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Japanese Studies.


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