Sansei and Sensibility
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Sansei and Sensibility is a short story collection by Karen Tei Yamashita that blends Japanese American experiences with playful reimaginings of Jane Austen’s themes and characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sansei and Sensibility canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sansei and Sensibility Context triple: [Karen Tei Yamashita, notableWork, Sansei and Sensibility]
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A.
The Younger Lady
The Younger Lady is an unidentified ancient Egyptian royal woman, likely a queen of the 18th Dynasty and widely believed by scholars to be the mummy of Tutankhamun’s mother.
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B.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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C.
The Feigned Courtesans
The Feigned Courtesans is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes gender roles and social conventions through mistaken identities and witty intrigue.
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D.
Delights and Prejudices
Delights and Prejudices is a memoir by American chef and food writer James Beard that blends personal reminiscences with reflections on food and culinary culture.
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E.
Senzai Wakashū
Senzai Wakashū is an imperial Japanese anthology of waka poetry compiled in the late Heian period under the order of Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sansei and Sensibility Target entity description: Sansei and Sensibility is a short story collection by Karen Tei Yamashita that blends Japanese American experiences with playful reimaginings of Jane Austen’s themes and characters.
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A.
The Younger Lady
The Younger Lady is an unidentified ancient Egyptian royal woman, likely a queen of the 18th Dynasty and widely believed by scholars to be the mummy of Tutankhamun’s mother.
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B.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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C.
The Feigned Courtesans
The Feigned Courtesans is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes gender roles and social conventions through mistaken identities and witty intrigue.
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D.
Delights and Prejudices
Delights and Prejudices is a memoir by American chef and food writer James Beard that blends personal reminiscences with reflections on food and culinary culture.
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E.
Senzai Wakashū
Senzai Wakashū is an imperial Japanese anthology of waka poetry compiled in the late Heian period under the order of Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Karen Tei Yamashita ⓘ |
| containsWorkType | short story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| ethnicFocus |
Asian American
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Japanese American ⓘ |
| features |
reimaginings of Jane Austen characters
ⓘ
reworkings of Jane Austen plots ⓘ |
| genre |
Asian American literature
ⓘ
Japanese American literature ⓘ adaptation ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Japanese American experiences
ⓘ
class and social status ⓘ diaspora ⓘ family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ literary parody ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| hasTitlePunOn | Sense and Sensibility ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
the works of Jane Austen
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linked to:
Jane Austen
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short story ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
intertextual reference to Jane Austen
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parody ⓘ pastiche ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
experimental
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playful ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | works by Karen Tei Yamashita ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
readers of Asian American literature ⓘ readers of Jane Austen adaptations ⓘ |
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Subject: Sansei and Sensibility Description of subject: Sansei and Sensibility is a short story collection by Karen Tei Yamashita that blends Japanese American experiences with playful reimaginings of Jane Austen’s themes and characters.
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