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100 1 $aBargen, Doris G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80064168
245 12 $aA woman's weapon :$bspirit possession in the Tale of Genji /$cDoris G. Bargen.
260 $aHonolulu, Hi :$bUniversity of Hawaiì Press,$c1997.
263 $a9612
300 $axx, 379 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aIn this subtle and highly original reading of Murasaki Shikibu's eleventh-century classic The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Doris G. Bargen explores the role of possessing spirits (mono no ke) from a female viewpoint. In several key episodes of the Genji, Heian noblewomen (or their mediums) tremble, speak in strange voices, and tear their hair and clothing while under the spell of mono no ke. For literary critics, Genji, the male protagonist, is central to determining the role of these spirits.
520 8 $aFrom this male-centered perspective, female jealousy provides a convenient explanation for the emergence of mono no ke within the polygynous marital system of the Heian aristocracy. Yet this conventional view fails to take into account the work's female authorship and its largely female audience. Relying upon anthropological as well as literary evidence, Doris G. Bargen foregrounds the motives of the possessed character and located mono no ke within the politics of Heian society, interpreting spirit possession as a female strategy adopted to counter male strategies of empowerment.
520 8 $aPossessions become "performances" by women attempting to redress the balance of power; they subtly subvert the structure of domination and significantly alter the construction of gender.
600 00 $aMurasaki Shikibu,$d978?-$tGenji monogatari.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022731
600 00 $aMurasaki Shikibu,$d978?-$xCharacters$xWomen.
650 0 $aSpirit possession in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008743
700 0 $aMurasaki Shikibu,$d978?-$tGenji monogatari.$kSelections.$lEnglish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84154301
852 00 $bbar$hPL788.4.G43$iB37 1997
852 00 $beal$hPL788.4.G43$iB37 1997