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Author Jackson, Reginald R., 1979- author.

Title A proximate remove : queering intimacy and loss in The tale of Genji / Reginald Jackson.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource
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Series Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface : benefits of the doubt : questioning discipline and the risks of queer reading -- Introduction -- Translation fantasies and false flags : desiring and misreading queerness in premodern Japan -- Chivalry in shambles : fabricating manhood amidst architectural disrepair -- Going through the motions : half-hearted courtship and the topology of queer shame -- Queer affections in exile : textual mediation and exposure at Suma Shore -- From harsh stare to reverberant caress : queer timbres of mourning in "The Flute" -- Conclusion : learning from loss -- Afterword : teaching removal.
Summary "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 close readings 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, A Proximate Remove contends that Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. This hesitation enhances how we engage premodern texts and question contemporary disciplinary stances"-- Provided by publisher.
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Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Murasaki Shikibu, 978?- Genji monogatari -- Criticism and interpretation.
Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
Japanese literature -- History and criticism.
Littérature japonaise -- Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Jackson, Reginald R., 1979- A proximate remove Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520382541 (DLC) 2020053167
ISBN 0520382552
9780520382558 (electronic bk.)
9780520382541 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000069972051
AU@ 000069972868
AU@ 000068470504

 
    
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