A proximate remove: queering intimacy and loss in The tale of Genji
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient th...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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University of California Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Murasaki Shikibu 978-1016, Genji monogatari
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Literature: history & criticism
B Asian History B LGBTQ+ Studies / topics B Humanities B Social groups B Society and culture: general B History B Biography, Literature and Literary studies B Social groups, communities and identities B History and Archaeology B Gay & Lesbian studies B Regional & national history B Literature: history and criticism B Society and Social Sciences B Society & culture: general |
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| Summary: | A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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 a close reading 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, Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. An understanding of this hesitation enhances how we engage with premodern texts and how we question contemporary disciplinary stances |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-38255-8 |
| Access: | Open Access |
