Resisting ManchukuoNorman Smith reveals the literary world of Japanese occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932 45) and examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the period. Smith shows how a complex blend of fear and freedom produced an environment in which Chinese women writers could articulate dissatisfaction with the overtly patriarchal and imperialist nature of the Japanese cultural agenda while working in close