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Unreal Houses : Character, Gender, and Genealogy in the Tale of Genji /

"Argues that, in both form and content, the Tale of Genji re-envisions the elite practice of polygynous marriage and the construction of aristocratic mansions as expressions of familial power. Radically rethinks the Genji by focusing on the figure of the house-encompassing both fictionalized im...

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Autor principal: Sarra, Edith, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Dedication / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Others / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Acknowledgments / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Figures / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Introduction / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter one Aristocratic Marriage and the Real-and-Imagined Houses of Heian Court Fiction / Author: Edith Sarra
  • part one Polygyny Reimagined / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter two Architects of Polygyny: Genji, His Women, and Their Houses / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter three The Rokujōin: The House of Wishful Thinking / Author: Edith Sarra
  • part two Tamakazura's Problems of Placement / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter four A Balancing Act: Tamakazura in Genji's House / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter five Tamakazura's House / Author: Edith Sarra
  • part three Kaoru and the Undoing of the House / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter six What Kaoru Inherits: Fathers, Sons, and the Ethics of Genealogical Fiction / Author: Edith Sarra
  • chapter seven As One Who Dwells Provisionally / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Back Matter
  • Epilogue: Leaving the House / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Abbreviations / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Notes / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Bibliography / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Index / Author: Edith Sarra
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs / Author: Edith Sarra.