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Rebecca Copeland

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Professor of Japanese Language & Literature

Expertise: Japan, Japanese Literature, women writers, gender issues, translation theory and practice

Bio: Copeland received her Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University in 1986. Her dissertation concerned the writer Uno Chiyo (1897-1996). This study was subsequently published as The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992.) Copeland's study of Meiji women writers, Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan was published by the University of Hawai'i Press in 2000 and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2001. Recently she co-edited a volume with Dr. Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen of University of Michigan titled: The Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001). This collection of essays concerns the relationship between women writers and their fathers − both biological and cultural.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-4903
E-mail:copeland@artsci.wustl.edu
Address:Campus Box 1111
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

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Tale of Genji

Campus celebrates 1000th anniversary of 'world's first novel,' April 18 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11469.html)

April 4, 2008 --
One mark of a great novel, it's been said, is its ability to stand the "test of time" — to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation. Washington University will honor such a novel on April 18 with two campus events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of the Tale of Genji, a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon often hailed as the world's first novel.


Asian Studies

WUSTL hosts Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Oct. 19-21 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10203.html)

Oct. 1, 2007 -- Marxism in China, taboo images in Tibet and war, sex work and memory in 20th century Japan will be among topics discussed as Washington University welcomes the 56th Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) to St. Louis, Oct, 19-21. Program includes pre-conference workshop for K-12 teachers on Oct. 13


Gay romance popular theme among Japanese women

'Brokeback Mountain' might be ultimate 'chick flick' in Japan, says literature expert (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6664.html)

March 1, 2006 --
America's conflicted cultural obsession with the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain" might seem old-fashioned in Japan where stories of love and romance between beautiful young men have been entertaining women for more than a decade, suggests Rebecca Copeland, Ph.D., a Japanese studies professor at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to movies, male-male romance is a popular theme in a variety of other Japanese pop culture media, including book-length graphic novels and comics, known as manga, and an array of animated cartoons and television action series, known as anime. All of which have developed cult followings on the Internet and among fans of late-night cable television programming, including large numbers of American teens. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/6664.html)



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With a rebel yell
The Guardian (UK)

May 31, 2005 -- Writer says Japanese youth culture has long embraced bizarre fashion, subversive comics and sexual graffiti. Now a new wave of violent female fiction is causing shockwaves. Article features author Hitomi Kanehara and her book Snakes and Earrings. WUSTL Japanese literature professor Rebecca Copeland comments on the way Japanese women writers are using popular fiction to raise questions about their society.



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Related Links:
•Copeland's Web page (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~copeland/homepage.html)
•Record: Copeland campus news profile (http://record.wustl.edu/web/page/normal/563.html)
•Visiting East Asian Professionals Program (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~veap/index.html)

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