A Proximate Remove : Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji (Edition 1)

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Title: A Proximate Remove : Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji (Edition 1)
Source: MODID-00000000488:Knowledge Unlatched ; MODID-e8b1087c449:University of California Press ; MODID-efe30aa79b8:Luminos
Publisher Information: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: Repositorio Istitutional de Accesso Abierto Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Subject Terms: Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies, bisacsh:SOC064000, History / Asia / Japan, bisacsh:HIS021000, Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese, bisacsh:LIT008030
Description: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, and critical practices of queer theory? Through a close reading of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period, A Proximate Remove explores this question by mapping the destabilizing aesthetic, affective, and phenomenological dimensions of experiencing intimacy and loss. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls "proximate removes" suspend belief in prevailing structures. Beyond issues of sexuality, Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. An understanding of this hesitation enhances how we engage with premodern texts and how we question contemporary disciplinary stances.
Document Type: book
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-520-38255-8
0-520-38255-2
Relation: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/811974f3-a446-434b-a206-f129af90fd68; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12371/13008
Availability: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12371/13008
https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/811974f3-a446-434b-a206-f129af90fd68
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Accession Number: edsbas.DC4DEE5E
Database: BASE
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