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041	0		_aEnglish
042			_adc
100	1		_aPandey, Rajyashree _4auth
245	1	0	_aWriting and Renunciation in Medieval Japan : The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chomei
260			_bUniversity of Michigan Press _c2020
300			_a1 electronic resource (213 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aThis is the first monograph-length study in English of Kamo no Chōmei, one of the most important literary figures of medieval Japan. Drawing upon a wide range of writings in a variety of genres from the Heian and Kamakura periods, Pandey focuses on the terms kyōgen kigo (wild words and fancy phrases), shoji soku nehan (samsara is nirvana), hōben (expedient means), and suki (single-minded devotion to an art). She shows how these terms deployed by writers in an attempt to reconcile literary and artistic activities with a commitment to Buddhism. By locating Chōmei within this broad context, the book offers an original reading of his texts, while at the same time casting a light upon intellectual preoccupations that were central to the times. Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan is an important contribution to a growing body of work that challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary—a distinction that would have made little sense to medieval writers, many of whom were poets as well as priests—and sheds light on the particular ways in which a religio-aesthetic tradition came to be articulated in medieval Japan. Through an examination of records left by Chōmei's contemporaries, the book also traces the life of Chōmei, particularly his activities as a court poet and the circumstances that led to his taking the tonsure. Rajyashree Pandey is Professor of Japanese Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths. She has published widely in the areas of medieval Japanese literature, Buddhism, gender, postcolonial studies and popular culture. Her latest monograph, published by University of Hawaii Press, is Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair: Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives (2016).
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
653			_aSociety and social sciences
653			_aVeterinary medicine: infectious diseases and therapeutics
653			_aMedical anthropology
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856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41568/1/9780472901890.pdf _70 _zDOAB: download the publication
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30830 _70 _zDOAB: description of the publication
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