A Proximate Remove : : Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji / / Reginald Jackson.

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Place / Publishing House:[s.l.] : : University of California Press,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1 ed.
Language:English
Series:New Interventions in Japanese Studies ; 2
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface. Benefits of the Doubt: Questioning Discipline and the Risks of Queer Reading
  • Introduction
  • 1. Translation Fantasies and False Flags: Desiring and Misreading Queerness in Premodern Japan
  • 2. Chivalry in Shambles: Fabricating Manhood amid Architectural Disrepair
  • 3. Going through the Motions: Half-Hearted Courtship and the Topology of Queer Shame
  • 4. Queer Affections in Exile: Textual Mediation and Exposure at Suma Shore
  • 5. From Harsh Stare to Reverberant Caress: Queer Timbres of Mourning in "The Flute"
  • Conclusion. Learning from Loss
  • Afterword. Teaching Removal
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index