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Literary critiques of Murasaki Shikibu's eleventh-century The Tale of Genji have often focused on the amorous adventures of its eponymous hero. In this paradigm-shifting analysis of the Genji and other mid-Heian literature, Doris G. Bargen emphasizes the thematic importance of Japan's complex polygynous kinship system as the domain within which courtship occurs.

Mapping Courtship and Kinship in Classical Japan

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824875091, 978-0824875091
      ISBN10: 0824875095

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      Book Synopsis
      Literary critiques of Murasaki Shikibu's eleventh-century The Tale of Genji have often focused on the amorous adventures of its eponymous hero. In this paradigm-shifting analysis of the Genji and other mid-Heian literature, Doris G. Bargen emphasizes the thematic importance of Japan's complex polygynous kinship system as the domain within which courtship occurs.

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