Victorian Women Travellers in Meiji Japan: Discovering a 'New' Land
Author:   Lorraine Sterry
Publisher:   Brill
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9781905246731


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   29 January 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lorraine Sterry
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Global Oriental Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781905246731


ISBN 10:   1905246730
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   29 January 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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List of illustrations; Map of Japan; Introduction; PART ONE: The literature of travel; 1 Victorian women travel writers and the positioning of Japan in the genre of travel; 2 Japan in the Victorian imagination; PART TWO: Travellers-by-default; 3 The diplomatic service and the position of the wives of diplomats; 4 Mrs Christopher Pemberton Hodgson; 5 Mrs Hugh Fraser; 6 Baroness Albert d'Anethan; 7 The japanese novels, short stories and poetry of Mrs Fraser and Baroness d'Anethan; PART THREE: Travellers-by-intent; 8 AnnaD'A; 9 Alice M. Frere; 10 Annie Brassey; 11 Isabella Bird; 12 Marie Stopes; Afterword: The end of the Meiji period and beyond; Bibliography; Index

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Lorraine Sterry returned to post-graduate study at La Trobe University in 1998 after a successful teaching career in secondary education. In 2000 she completed a Graduate Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences (Asian Studies), and in 2007 received her Ph.D from La Trobe for her research into Victorian women travellers in Meiji Japan, which forms the basis of the present volume.

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