• Virginia Woolf in Japan - Episode 1

  • Jan 28 2024
  • Length: 21 mins
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Virginia Woolf in Japan - Episode 1

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  • This is the first part of a mini-series on Woolf in Japan. In this episode, Karina is joined by Prof Aki Katyama, the Japanese translator of A Room of One's Own. Together they discuss the success of this text in Japan, and the importance of Woolf's feminist essay to contemporary Japanese gender politics. They speak with students at Dokkyo University in Soka, and with Ryoko Takeuchi, a publisher at Heibonsha Publishers in Tokyo.

    The episode is funded by The Daiwa Foundation.

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