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UNINA9910494644603321 |
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Autore |
Sarra Edith <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Unreal houses : character, gender, and genealogy in the Tale of Genji / / Edith Sarra |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; ; 429 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dwellings in literature |
Marriage in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 images of mansions and their inhabitants"-- |
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