{"product_id":"9780520382541","title":"A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in the Tale of Genji Volume 2 (New Interventions in Japanese Studies)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eHow 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ean eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Proximate Remove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGenji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003equeers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52347251884263,"sku":"Academic Perspectives","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/51olk0P8UyL._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1784396246","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9780520382541","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}