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<p>This book explores the possibilities and limits of terms such as "body," "woman," "gender," and "agency" - categories that emerged within the context of western philosophical, religious, and feminist debates&mdash;to analyze texts that come out of altogether different temporal and cultural contexts. Through close textual readings of a wide range of classical and medieval narratives, from well-known works such as the <em>Tale of Genji </em>to popular Buddhist tales, Rajyashree Pandey offers new ways of understanding such terms within the context of medieval Buddhist knowledge.</p> <p>Pandey suggests that "woman" in medieval Japanese narratives does not constitute a self-evident and distinct category, and that there is little in these works to indicate that the sexed body was the single most important and overarching site of difference between men and women. She argues that the body in classical and medieval texts is not understood as something constituted through flesh, blood, and bones, or as divorced from the mind, and that in the <em>Tale of Genji</em> it becomes intelligible not as an anatomical entity but rather as something apprehended through robes and hair. Pandey provoca

Author

Chen, Xiaomei

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824861360