A Proximate Remove : Queering Intimacy and Loss in the Tale of Genji /

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. 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 read...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Reginald (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Colección:New Interventions in Japanese Studies ; 2
Temas:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface. Benefits of the Doubt: Questioning Discipline and the Risks of Queer Reading
  • Introduction
  • 1. Translation Fantasies and False Flags: Desiring and Misreading Queerness in Premodern Japan
  • 2. Chivalry in Shambles: Fabricating Manhood amid Architectural Disrepair
  • 3. Going through the Motions: Half-Hearted Courtship and the Topology of Queer Shame
  • 4. Queer Affections in Exile: Textual Mediation and Exposure at Suma Shore
  • 5. From Harsh Stare to Reverberant Caress: Queer Timbres of Mourning in "The Flute"
  • Conclusion. Learning from Loss
  • Afterword. Teaching Removal
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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