Envisioning The Tale of Genji
Media, Gender, and Cultural Production
Will be published approx. on 28. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-231-14237-3 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together scholars from across the world, Haruo Shirane presents a fascinating portrait of The Tale of Genji's reception and reproduction over the past thousand years. The essays examine the canonization of the work from the late Heian through the medieval, Edo, Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei periods, revealing its profound influence on a variety of genres and fields, including modern nation building. They also consider parody, pastiche, and re-creation of the text in various popular and mass media. Since the Genji was written by a woman for female readers, contributors also take up the issue of gender and cultural authority, looking at the novel's function as a symbol of Heian court culture and as an important tool in women's education. Throughout the volume, scholars discuss achievements in visualization, from screen painting and woodblock prints to manga and anime. Taking up such recurrent themes as cultural nostalgia, eroticism, and gender, this book is the most comprehensive history of the reception of The Tale of Genji to date, both in the country of its origin and throughout the world.
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This interesting book offers the most comprehensive history of the reception of the "Genji" Japan Times [A] rich anthology. Choice A thought-provoking study of a seminal work. -- Melinda Takeuchi ImpressionsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
80 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-14237-3 (9780231142373)
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Person
Haruo Shirane is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He is the author and editor of numerous books on Japanese literature, including Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600; Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900; and Classical Japanese: A Grammar.
Content
Preface Acknowledgments Note to the Reader 1. The Tale of Genji and the Dynamics of Cultural Production: Canonization and Popularization, by Haruo Shirane Part I. The Late Heian and Medieval Periods: Court Culture, Gender, and Representation 2. Figure and Facture in the Genji Scrolls: Text, Calligraphy, Paper, and Painting, by Yukio Lippit 3. The Tale of Genji and the Development of Female-Spirit No, by Reiko Yamanaka 4. Monochromatic Genji: The Hakubyo Tradition and Female Commentarial Culture, by Melissa McCormick 5. Genre Trouble: Medieval Commentaries and Canonization of The Tale of Genji, by Lewis Cook Part II. Late Medieval and Edo Periods: Warrior Society, Education, and Popular Culture 6. Didactic Readings of The Tale of Genji: Politics and Women's Education, by Haruki Ii 7. Genji Pictures from Momoyama Painting to Edo Ukiyo-e: Cultural Authority and New Horizons, by Keiko Nakamachi 8. The Splendor of Hybridity: Image and Text in Ryutei Tanehiko's Inaka Genji, by Michael Emmerich Part III. The Meiji, Taisho, and Prewar Showa Periods: National Literature, World Literature, and Imperial Japan 9. The Tale of Genji, National Literature, Language, and Modernism, by Tomi Suzuki 10. Wartime Japan, the Imperial Line, and The Tale of Genji, by Masaaki Kobayashi Part IV. The Postwar Showa and Heisei Periods: Visuality, Sexuality, and Mass Culture 11. The Tale of Genji in Postwar Film: Emperor, Aestheticism, and the Erotic, by Kazuhiro Tateishi 12. Sexuality, Gender, and The Tale of Genji in Modern Japanese Translations and Manga, by Yuika Kitamura Chapter Titles of The Tale of Genji Selected Bibliography on The Tale of Genji and Its Reception in English Contributors Index