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Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair : Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives /

This study explores the possibilities and limits of terms such as 'body', 'woman', 'gender' and 'agency' - categories that emerged within the context of Western philosophical, religious and feminist debates - to analyse texts that came out of altogether differ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pandey, Rajyashree, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study explores the possibilities and limits of terms such as 'body', 'woman', 'gender' and 'agency' - categories that emerged within the context of Western philosophical, religious and feminist debates - to analyse texts that came out of altogether different temporal and cultural contexts. Through close textual readings of a wide range of classical and medieval Japanese narratives, from well-known works such as the 'Tale of Genji' to popular Buddhist tales, Rajyashree Pandey offers new ways of understanding such terms within the context of medieval Buddhist knowledge.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780824853556