Knowing the Strangers in the Shogun's City
Document Type
Lecture
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Lecture Date
11-8-2021
Abstract
Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun’s City. This work of history is one of the new works for First Year Studies. It is a biography of a woman named Tsuneno who lived in the first half of the 19th century in Edo, Japan (which would become Tokyo). On the strength of its storytelling this work has been awarded the 2021 PEN and National Book Critics Circle awards for biography. The book takes a sympathetic look at the life of a woman who made her way from a village to the big city. After having read about Plato’s ideal vision for a city in The Republic, this work of history will sketch for us the reality of life in a growing modern city, and give us a look at the demands such a city makes on individuals. (Adopted Fall 2021)
Department
History
Recommended Citation
Vance, Brigid E., "Knowing the Strangers in the Shogun's City" (2021). First-Year Studies Lectures. 16.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/frst_lectures/16