Vyjayanthi R Selinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 6923401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vyjayanthi R Selinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vyjayanthi R |
| FAMILY NAME | Selinger |
| SIGNATURE | SELINGER V R |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1551-4632 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Rāmāyana and the Rhizome: Textual Networks in the Work of Minakata Kumagusu
In 1914, the Japanese folklorist Minakata Kumagusu published an essay showing that a parable in the Japanese Buddhist primer Hōbutsushū resembled the Indian epic Rāmāyana. In detailing the transit of the epic, Minakata rejected hierarchical paradigms of “source” and “adaptation” as well as nation-based models that focused on cultural indigenization. Instead, he showed that Buddhist texts across Asia built upon already transformed texts in an adap…
War without Blood? The Literary Uses of a Taboo Fluid in Heike Monogatari
The graphic representation of the bodily viscera of war—blood, guts, and severed heads—is something contemporary readers intuitively associate with visual and literary texts of war. Yet blood is largely absent from Heike monogatari, the war tale that charts the violent transition from the courtly world of Heian Japan to the "age of the warrior." This article considers the anomaly of a war tale without blood by showcasing its contemplative view of…
Authorizing the Shogunate: Ritual and Material Symbolism in the Literary Construction of Warrior Order
The Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through rituals that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy historical realit…
The Rāmāyana and the Rhizome: Textual Networks in the Work of Minakata Kumagusu
In 1914, the Japanese folklorist Minakata Kumagusu published an essay showing that a parable in the Japanese Buddhist primer Hōbutsushū resembled the Indian epic Rāmāyana. In detailing the transit of the epic, Minakata rejected hierarchical paradigms of “source” and “adaptation” as well as nation-based models that focused on cultural indigenization. Instead, he showed that Buddhist texts across Asia built upon already transformed texts in an adap…
Authorizing the Shogunate: Ritual and Material Symbolism in the Literary Construction of Warrior Order
The Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through rituals that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy historical realit…
War without Blood? The Literary Uses of a Taboo Fluid in Heike Monogatari
The graphic representation of the bodily viscera of war—blood, guts, and severed heads—is something contemporary readers intuitively associate with visual and literary texts of war. Yet blood is largely absent from Heike monogatari, the war tale that charts the violent transition from the courtly world of Heian Japan to the "age of the warrior." This article considers the anomaly of a war tale without blood by showcasing its contemplative view of…
The Rāmāyana and the Rhizome: Textual Networks in the Work of Minakata Kumagusu
In 1914, the Japanese folklorist Minakata Kumagusu published an essay showing that a parable in the Japanese Buddhist primer Hōbutsushū resembled the Indian epic Rāmāyana. In detailing the transit of the epic, Minakata rejected hierarchical paradigms of “source” and “adaptation” as well as nation-based models that focused on cultural indigenization. Instead, he showed that Buddhist texts across Asia built upon already transformed texts in an adap…
Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)