Kathryn M Tanaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 372118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn M Tanaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn M |
| FAMILY NAME | Tanaka |
| SIGNATURE | TANAKA K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Otemae University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2575-5429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Body
Introduction Fashion and beauty work are a part of identity that is shaped around normative, idealised, and often gendered bodies, and this has been the subject of much academic and popular attention. While much research focusses on fashion and beauty work as a way to highlight socially desirable traits or trends, it is important to note that fashion is equally important as a tool for the concealment of a visibly stigmatised identity. For people …
Hansen’s Disease and Patient Writing in Colonial Taiwan’s Sanatorium, 1934-1944
In recent years, much attention has been given to people affected by Hansen’s disease who write about their experience of the illness and quarantine policies in Japan. Scholarship has been focused on “popular” writing, by authors who became relatively well-known, such as Hōjō Tamio (1914-1937). However, the treatment of a few exceptional male writers as representative of all patient experience erases the multiplicities of diverse patient experien…
The Abject Woman and the Meaning of Illness in Kōda Rohan’s ‘Tai Dokuro ’ (Encounter with a Skull)
Kōda Rohan’s (1867–1947) ‘Tai dokuro’ (Encounter with a Skull) is often treated as a tale of karmic retribution and transcendence. In addition to drawing on Buddhist philosophy, the text is rich in allusions to classical literature and philosophy. Yet, as this paper argues, Rohan’s tale is decidedly modern. His depiction of illness places his story in dialogue with modern regimes of health, gender, and class, while also drawing on traditional not…
Writing Ties in Japan
At the turn of the twentieth century, a series of government policies established public hospitals and regulated the quarantine of patients diagnosed with Hansen’s disease (leprosy). Soon after the first public facilities began receiving patients in 1909, residents of the facilities formed literary coteries and began to write a genre that became popularly referred to as ‘leprosy literature’ up until the 1940s. The genre includes poetry, essays, d…
Life's First Night' and the Treatment of Hansen's Disease in Japan
In July 2014, the front page of the Mainichi Shinbun featured a small picture of a young man in glasses with the headline, "Today's Faces." A blurb below the photo declared, "The real name of the early Showa author Hōjō Tamio, who had Hansen's Disease and lived a life under quarantine, will be made public in a booklet to be published next month." The article then revealed that Hōjō Tamio, the author of the novella "Life's First Night," was born S…
Contested Histories and Happiness
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese government passed a series of laws targeting people diagnosed with Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). As a result, many patients were quarantined in public leprosaria, often for life. In order to cope with both the diagnosis of a heavily stigmatized illness and a lifetime in isolation, patients began to write. The works produced by sufferers became so popular that by the mid-1930s their writing was refe…
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Contested Histories and Happiness
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese government passed a series of laws targeting people diagnosed with Hansen’s Disease (leprosy). As a result, many patients were quarantined in public leprosaria, often for life. In order to cope with both the diagnosis of a heavily stigmatized illness and a lifetime in isolation, patients began to write. The works produced by sufferers became so popular that by the mid-1930s their writing was refe…
Life's First Night' and the Treatment of Hansen's Disease in Japan
In July 2014, the front page of the Mainichi Shinbun featured a small picture of a young man in glasses with the headline, "Today's Faces." A blurb below the photo declared, "The real name of the early Showa author Hōjō Tamio, who had Hansen's Disease and lived a life under quarantine, will be made public in a booklet to be published next month." The article then revealed that Hōjō Tamio, the author of the novella "Life's First Night," was born S…
Writing Ties in Japan
At the turn of the twentieth century, a series of government policies established public hospitals and regulated the quarantine of patients diagnosed with Hansen’s disease (leprosy). Soon after the first public facilities began receiving patients in 1909, residents of the facilities formed literary coteries and began to write a genre that became popularly referred to as ‘leprosy literature’ up until the 1940s. The genre includes poetry, essays, d…
The Abject Woman and the Meaning of Illness in Kōda Rohan’s ‘Tai Dokuro ’ (Encounter with a Skull)
Kōda Rohan’s (1867–1947) ‘Tai dokuro’ (Encounter with a Skull) is often treated as a tale of karmic retribution and transcendence. In addition to drawing on Buddhist philosophy, the text is rich in allusions to classical literature and philosophy. Yet, as this paper argues, Rohan’s tale is decidedly modern. His depiction of illness places his story in dialogue with modern regimes of health, gender, and class, while also drawing on traditional not…
On the Body
Introduction Fashion and beauty work are a part of identity that is shaped around normative, idealised, and often gendered bodies, and this has been the subject of much academic and popular attention. While much research focusses on fashion and beauty work as a way to highlight socially desirable traits or trends, it is important to note that fashion is equally important as a tool for the concealment of a visibly stigmatised identity. For people …
Hansen’s Disease and Patient Writing in Colonial Taiwan’s Sanatorium, 1934-1944
In recent years, much attention has been given to people affected by Hansen’s disease who write about their experience of the illness and quarantine policies in Japan. Scholarship has been focused on “popular” writing, by authors who became relatively well-known, such as Hōjō Tamio (1914-1937). However, the treatment of a few exceptional male writers as representative of all patient experience erases the multiplicities of diverse patient experien…
Medicine (5 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Leprosy Research and Treatment (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works)