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.
Title: A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji
Author: Reginald Jackson
Affiliation： University of Michigan, Associate Professor
Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 2021
Homepage: https://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.106/