Ambiguous bodies : reading the grotesque in Japanese setsuwa tales /

This title draws from theories of the grotesque to examine many of the strange and extraordinary creatures and phenomena in the premodern Japanese tales called setsuwa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Michelle Ilene Osterfeld, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
To 1600
Folk literature, Japanese > History and criticism.
Tales > Japan > History and criticism.
Japanese literature > To 1600 > History and criticism.
Grotesque in literature.
Littérature populaire japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Contes > Japon > Histoire et critique.
Littérature japonaise > Jusqu'à 1600 > Histoire et critique.
Grotesque dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Folk literature, Japanese.
Japanese literature.
Tales.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setsuwa and the grotesque
  • Fantastic detached body parts
  • Curious sexual encounters
  • Who eats whom? Flesh-eating demons and political power struggles
  • The feminization of demons
  • Animal spirits.

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