Sadahisa Watanabe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6602390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sadahisa Watanabe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sadahisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Watanabe |
| SIGNATURE | WATANABE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis, Comparative Literature, USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-5093-6792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Geotropes
Conceptions of the literature of the Global South, and of India in particular, have been powerfully shaped by the work of a small number of well-known authors writing in English. The possible distortions resulting from this limited canon have garnered significant scholarly attention in the past two decades, which has typically focused on how works produced by these writers are shaped by their own positionality as well as the exigencies of caterin…
The Economy of Whiteness
This article analyzes female make-up and modern consumerism in Uno Chiyo's early short stories Shifun no kao ('Painted face', 1921) and Rōjo Manon ('The old woman Manon', 1928). These works were published as the notion of beauty transitioned in Japan's modern era, shifting from a preference for heavy to light make-up. The obsession with whiteness of the female protagonists, as well as unique motifs in Uno's short stories, suggests racial and sexu…
Ambivalent Modernity and Exoticism
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Ambivalent Modernity and Exoticism
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The Economy of Whiteness
This article analyzes female make-up and modern consumerism in Uno Chiyo's early short stories Shifun no kao ('Painted face', 1921) and Rōjo Manon ('The old woman Manon', 1928). These works were published as the notion of beauty transitioned in Japan's modern era, shifting from a preference for heavy to light make-up. The obsession with whiteness of the female protagonists, as well as unique motifs in Uno's short stories, suggests racial and sexu…
Geotropes
Conceptions of the literature of the Global South, and of India in particular, have been powerfully shaped by the work of a small number of well-known authors writing in English. The possible distortions resulting from this limited canon have garnered significant scholarly attention in the past two decades, which has typically focused on how works produced by these writers are shaped by their own positionality as well as the exigencies of caterin…
Art (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Exoticism (1 works)