Itineraries of Power: Texts and Traversals in Heian and Medieval Japan

by Terry Kawashima

Movements--of people and groups, through travel, migration, exile, and diaspora--are central to understanding both local and global power relationships. But what of more literary moves: textual techniques such as distinct patterns of narrative flow, abrupt leaps between genres, and poetic figures that flatten geographical distance? This book examines what happens when both types of tropes--literal traversals and literary shifts--coexist. Itineraries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674970527
• ISBN13: 9780674970526
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"