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Nakedness, Nudity, and Clothing Nakedness, Nudity, and Clothing
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The Erotics of Attire The Erotics of Attire
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Tama and the Erotics of Keepsake Robes Tama and the Erotics of Keepsake Robes
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Beauty and the Body Beauty and the Body
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The Power of Hair The Power of Hair
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The Erotics of Liminality The Erotics of Liminality
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Hair as Mirror of the Female Self Hair as Mirror of the Female Self
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Men “Reading” Women’s Hair Men “Reading” Women’s Hair
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Two The Erotics of the Body in the Tale of Genji
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Published:January 2016
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Abstract
The body seems curiously absent in the Tale of Genji, despite the fact that this is a romance narrative about amorous entanglement and erotic desire. It is only when the body is conceived of as an enfleshed entity, constituted through flesh and blood that it registers as an absence. The chapter argues that in the Genji the body is best apprehended through its metonymic connections with robes and hair. Robes are the repositories of both the material and psychic attributes of an individual, and closely tied to the generation of erotic desire. Likewise, women’s thoughts and feelings find expression through their hair. There are close connections between the spirit (tama) and robes and hair, which function as keepsakes (katami) of the person to whom they belong. Beauty in the Genji is not located in the physical features of the body but in the comportment of the body in performance.
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