Inside anthology and Tomoko Sawada
From a review from Words Without Borders of Inside and Other Short Fiction:
Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women offers a corrective to Western and Japanese stereotypes of Japanese women’s sexuality. The stories in this collection are connected by an exploration of women’s sexual liberation, and provide a female readership with a sophisticated equivalent to the sexually graphic print media heavily marketed to Japanese men. The women in Inside generally do not conform to traditional gender roles that stress early marriage and motherhood. But the multiplying of sexual trajectories available to them is not unambiguously celebrated. Instead, the collection delves into the complications of women’s sexual self-awareness and desire.
Looks like a very interesting book, and also gave me the opportunity to find out about Tomoko Sawada, whose art is on the cover:
The cover images are from the ID400 series, which show her in 2x2 photobooth images in various costumes. More of her art is here, some really striking takes on memes of Japanese womanhood, including geisha, girl group, and the hypertanned, Lil' Kim knockoff look.
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Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women offers a corrective to Western and Japanese stereotypes of Japanese women’s sexuality. The stories in this collection are connected by an exploration of women’s sexual liberation, and provide a female readership with a sophisticated equivalent to the sexually graphic print media heavily marketed to Japanese men. The women in Inside generally do not conform to traditional gender roles that stress early marriage and motherhood. But the multiplying of sexual trajectories available to them is not unambiguously celebrated. Instead, the collection delves into the complications of women’s sexual self-awareness and desire.
Looks like a very interesting book, and also gave me the opportunity to find out about Tomoko Sawada, whose art is on the cover:
The cover images are from the ID400 series, which show her in 2x2 photobooth images in various costumes. More of her art is here, some really striking takes on memes of Japanese womanhood, including geisha, girl group, and the hypertanned, Lil' Kim knockoff look.
x-posted to sex_and_race