Unreal houses : character, gender, and genealogy in the Tale of Genji /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sarra, Edith, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 429.
Subjects:
Murasaki Shikibu, > 978?- > Genji monogatari.
Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
794-1185
Dwellings in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Genealogy in literature.
Japanese literature > Heian period, 794-1185 > History and criticism.
Habitations dans la littérature.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Généalogie dans la littérature.
Littérature japonaise > 794-1185 (Époque de Heian) > Histoire et critique.
Japanese literature > Heian period.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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