Unreal houses : : character, gender, and genealogy in the Tale of Genji / / Edith Sarra.
"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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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian monographs ; 429 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2020] 2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
429. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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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.