A Proximate Remove
A Proximate Remove A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Through close readings of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the…
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A Proximate Remove
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Through close readings of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period, A Proximate Remove explores this question by mapping the destabilizing aesthetic, affective, and phenomenological dimensions of experiencing intimacy and loss. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, and critical practices of queer theory?
Beyond issues of sexuality, A Proximate Remove contends that Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls "proximate removes" suspend belief in prevailing structures. This hesitation enhances how we