| Writing Margins: The Textual Construction of Gender in Heian and Kamakura Japan Contributor(s): Kawashima, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674005163 ISBN-13: 9780674005167 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $39.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In texts from the mid-Heian to the early Kamakura periods, certain figures appear to be "marginal" or removed from "centers" of power. But why do we see these figures in this way? This study first seeks to answer this question by examining the details of the marginalizing discourse found in these texts. Who is portraying whom as marginal? For what reason? Is the discourse consistent? The author next considers these texts in terms of the predilection of modern scholarship, both Japanese and Western, to label certain figures "marginal." She then poses the question: Is this predilection a helpful tool or does it inscribe modern biases and misconceptions onto these texts? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese - Social Science | Gender Studies - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 895.609 |
| LCCN: 00054119 |
| Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.28" W x 9.27" (1.47 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In texts from the mid-Heian to the early Kamakura periods, certain figures appear to be marginal or removed from centers of power. But why do we see these figures in this way? This study first seeks to answer this question by examining the details of the marginalizing discourse found in these texts. Who is portraying whom as marginal? For what reason? Is the discourse consistent? The author next considers these texts in terms of the predilection of modern scholarship, both Japanese and Western, to label certain figures marginal. She then poses the question: Is this predilection a helpful tool or does it inscribe modern biases and misconceptions onto these texts? |
Contributor Bio(s): Kawashima, Terry: - Terry Kawashima is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. |