Writing Margins - The Textual Construction of Gender in Heian & Kamakura Japan

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-674-00516-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 201, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

Reihe: Harvard East Asian Monographs

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?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kawashima, Terry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kawashima, Terry
Terry Kawashima is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.