RT Book
T1 A proximate remove: queering intimacy and loss in The tale of Genji
A1 Jackson, Reginald R. 1979-
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1820695433
AB "How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, and critical practices of queer theory? Through close readings of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period, A Proximate Remove explores this question by mapping the destabilizing aesthetic, affective, and phenomenological dimensions of experiencing intimacy and loss. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls 'proximate removes' suspend belief in prevailing structures. Beyond issues of sexuality, A Proximate Remove contends that Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. This hesitation enhances how we engage premodern texts and question contemporary disciplinary stances"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN PL788.4.G43
SN 978-0-520-38255-8
SN 0-520-38255-2
K1 Murasaki Shikibu : 978?- : Genji monogatari : Criticism and interpretation
K1 Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
K1 LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese
K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc