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Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 1

February 16, 2024 Season 3 Episode 5
Read Japanese Literature
Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 1
Show Notes

In part one of this two-part episode, we're talking about misogyny in Japanese literature. 

  • 400 years of attitudes about women in Japan
  • Woman in modern Japanese literature, especially in the work of some of its most important writers
  • Check out part two (coming soon) for the life and work of Yukio Mishima, especially by way of his I-Novel, Confessions of a Mask.

Notes and sources on the episode page. Transcript available.

This episode is rated mature. 

CW: misogyny, fictional rape, internalized homophobia, suicide

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