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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Everything Flows
Part I: Re -creating Spaces
Chapter 1 .Maps, Movements, and the Malleable Spaces of Edo Japan
Chapter 2. At the Intersection of Travel and Gender
Part II: Re-creating Identities
Chapter 3. Women on the Road: Identities in Motion
Chapter 4. Palimpsests: The Open Road and the Blank Page
Part III: Purchasing Re-creation
Chapter 5. Print Matters: Popularizing Past and Present
Chapter 6. Icons of Escapism
Chapter 7. Bodies, Brothels, and Baths: Travel and Physical Re-creation
Conclusion Dreaming of Walking near Fuji
Notes
Bibliography
Index