Imagining History/Writing Late Imperial China

There’s a very cool section in the latest issue of Late Imperial China devoted to engaging the arts as late imperial (or early modern) historians. I have a little piece in the issue on fictioning with late imperial Chinese history and it’s a sneak peek of the monograph I’m finishing. The essay is sisters with the recent PMLA piece on fictioning with history, and the two contain … Continue reading Imagining History/Writing Late Imperial China

The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan: An Interview

Were women a problem in early modern Japan? If they were, what was the nature of the problem they posed? For whom, and why? Marcia Yonemoto‘s new book explores these questions in a compelling study that brings together the public discourse on women in the Tokugawa period (including prescriptive literature, instruction manuals for women, representations of women in fiction and drama, woodblock prints, and book illustrations) … Continue reading The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan: An Interview

Steel: A Little History (and a new home!)

The newest history by Elizabeth Rively (historian of burial) is now available at The Elizabeths. This is a story of an elevator-haunting ghost, and you can find it in The History of Steel. (To celebrate the new site for the project, for the first time you can listen to this story as well as read it. More readings coming soon!) For more on The Elizabeths, an ongoing experiment in conjectural sensual … Continue reading Steel: A Little History (and a new home!)

Fireflies: A Little History

The newest history by Elizabeth Turvey (historian of flame) is now available at The Elizabeths. It’s another springtime story that further fleshes out Elizabeth’s ongoing geography of burning, and you can find it by heading over to The History of Fireflies. For more on The Elizabeths, an ongoing experiment in conjectural sensual historiography, check out the main project site. Continue reading Fireflies: A Little History

Salt: A Little History

The first history by Elizabeth Rively (historian of burial) is now available at The Elizabeths. (She is the maddest of the Elizabeths and you can learn a little about her here.) This Elizabeth writes of earth and the things it carries, and you’ll find this in The History of Salt. For more on The Elizabeths, an ongoing experiment in conjectural sensual historiography, check out the main project site. Continue reading Salt: A Little History