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Figures of resistance : language, poetry, and narrating in The tale of Genji and other mid-Heian texts /

In this revisionist study of texts from the mid-Heian period in Japan, H. Richard Okada offers new readings of three well-known tales: The tale of the bamboo-cutter, The tale of Ise, and The tale of Genji. Okada contends that the cultural and gendered significance of these works has been distorted b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Okada, H. Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Colección:Post-contemporary interventions.
E-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tales of the Bamboo Cutter: Languages of Narrating and Bamboo-Cutter Pretexts. A "Pivotal" Narrative: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
  • Waka Poetics" and Tales of lse". Constructing a Capital "Poetics," Kokin wakashu. An Early Figure of Resistance: Lady Ise. Sexual/Textual Politics and The Tale of Ise
  • Tales of Genji": Situating the "Feminine Hand." Narrating the Private: "Kiritsubo." Feminine Representation and Critique, "Hahakigi." A Figure of Narrating: Tamakazura. Aesthetics, Politics, and Genealogy. Substitutions and Incidental Narrating, "Wakamurasaki." The Akashi Intertexts
  • Epilogue: Endings, Tellings, and Retellings
  • Appendix: Chapters in The Tale of Genji.