A Proximate Remove

Queering Intimacy and Loss in the Tale of Genji

By: Reginald Jackson

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Paperback | 22 June 2021 | Edition Number 1

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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? Through a close reading 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. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls "proximate removes" suspend belief in prevailing structures. Beyond issues of sexuality, Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. An understanding of this hesitation enhances how we engage with premodern texts and how we question contemporary disciplinary stances.

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"Jackson presents an original and sometimes intriguing approach to Genji that goes beyond conventional Heian literary studies, offering fresh perspectives while expanding the interpretive paradigms for queer studies at the same time." * Journal of Japanese Studies *

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