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Rough Living
Humorous and poignant, Rough Living (Arakure) follows the fortunes of an ambitious young seamstress, Oshima, as she strives to survive and prosper in Meiji Japan. Written in 1915 by Tokuda Shusei (1872-1943), the great chronicler of Japan's working class, Rough Living explores the social transformations the country underwent in the early twentieth century from the perspect...more
180 pages
Published
April 29th 2001
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meiji capitalism.
the argument that can be made from reading this novela is that small-scale capitalism was democratic and had the potential to liberate working class women.
it's easy to see why it might be used as a textbook for a japanese history class.
the argument that can be made from reading this novela is that small-scale capitalism was democratic and had the potential to liberate working class women.
it's easy to see why it might be used as a textbook for a japanese history class.
Style was a bit expository, but I loved the concept of this novel. Think more assertive heroine of Their Eyes Were Watching God meets less wealthy Scarlett O'Hara meets snarky Jane Eyre. I think I just have an automatic weakness for spunky, independent women.
Apr 13, 2013
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