Unreal houses : character, gender, and genealogy in the Tale of Genji / Edith Sarra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarra, Edith, 1955- author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 429.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 429

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings in literature.

Marriage in literature.

Murasaki Shikibu, 978?- Genji monogatari.

Murasaki Shikibu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center, [2020]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68417-612-3

OCLC:

1182849668

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684176120 DOI