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Eccentric spaces, hidden histories : narrative, ritual, and royal authority from the chronicles of Japan to The tale of the Heike /

After 'The Tale of Genji' (c.1000), the greatest work of classical Japanese literature is the historical narrative 'The Tale of the Heike' (13th-14th centuries). In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on the Heike narratives, this study draws attention to a range of problem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bialock, David T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Colección:Asian religions & cultures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A note to the reader
  • Introduction
  • Part One
  • 1. Hidden Texts: The Modern Construction
  • 2. The Yin and the Yang of Power
  • 3. Recovering the Daoist Text
  • Part Two
  • 4. Royalizing the Realm and the Ritualization of Violence
  • 5. Peripheries of Power: Toward an Ambulatory History
  • Part Three
  • 6. China in the Medieval Imaginary
  • 7. Reimagining Late Heian and Early Medieval Space
  • 8. The Apocryphal History of Kiyomori
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary of Chinese characters
  • Index