Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation

by Joshua S Mostow

Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation traces--through the visual and literary record--the reception and use of the tenth-century literary romance through the seventeenth century. Ise monogatari (The Ise Stories) takes shape in a salon of politically disenfranchised courtiers, then transforms later in the Heian period (794-1185) into a key subtext for autobiographical writings by female...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004244859
• ISBN13: 9789004244856
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.0"