A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji

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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 pe...