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

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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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Main Author: Pandey, Rajyashree, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Buddhismus
Literatur
Japanisch
Erotik > Motiv
Körper > Motiv
Women in literature.
Japanese literature.
Human body in literature.
Desire in literature.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Desir dans la litterature.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Corps humain dans la litterature.
Litterature japonaise > Jusqu'à 1600 > Histoire et critique.
Japanese literature > To 1600 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780824853556

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