Christina Laffin
Biographic Data
| ID | 8807267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Laffin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Laffin |
| SIGNATURE | LAFFIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3608-0909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Constructing Identities, Borrowing Narratives
How did noblewomen of premodern Japan weave elements of The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari, 1008) through their diaries and lives at court? I examine how the Genji functioned as a source of desire, literary authority, and historical precedent for three women diarists writing between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
Diaries and journals
Travel is integral to premodern Japanese literature, the body of poetry, diaries, tales, and other genres written in classical Japanese and Sino-Japanese before the nineteenth century. Travel writing developed together with the production of journals, diaries, and memoirs (nikki) and is closely linked to the composition of poetry. This chapter examines conventions and attributes of Japanese travel writing through a series of early canonical examp…
Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women
This book explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225–1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, and the first poetic travelogue by a woman—all despite the increasingly limited social mobility for women during the Kamakura era (1185–1336). Capitalizing on her literary tal…
Antoniniani rares ou inédits du trésor d'Avressieux (Savoie)
C. Laffin, M. Amandry, B. Rémy, S. Estiot and D. Hollard. — Rare or never published before Antoniniani of the hoard of Avressieux (Savoie), Revue Archéologique de Narbonnaise, t. 25, 1992, p. 455-458. The hoard of Avressieux (Savoie) is discovered in 1885, consisting in about 3500 to 5000 antoniniani ranging from Valerian to Probus. 542 specimens were examined at the Musée Savoisien of Chambery and studied by C. Laffin, whose work was supervised,…
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Antoniniani rares ou inédits du trésor d'Avressieux (Savoie)
C. Laffin, M. Amandry, B. Rémy, S. Estiot and D. Hollard. — Rare or never published before Antoniniani of the hoard of Avressieux (Savoie), Revue Archéologique de Narbonnaise, t. 25, 1992, p. 455-458. The hoard of Avressieux (Savoie) is discovered in 1885, consisting in about 3500 to 5000 antoniniani ranging from Valerian to Probus. 542 specimens were examined at the Musée Savoisien of Chambery and studied by C. Laffin, whose work was supervised,…
Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women
This book explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225–1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, and the first poetic travelogue by a woman—all despite the increasingly limited social mobility for women during the Kamakura era (1185–1336). Capitalizing on her literary tal…
Diaries and journals
Travel is integral to premodern Japanese literature, the body of poetry, diaries, tales, and other genres written in classical Japanese and Sino-Japanese before the nineteenth century. Travel writing developed together with the production of journals, diaries, and memoirs (nikki) and is closely linked to the composition of poetry. This chapter examines conventions and attributes of Japanese travel writing through a series of early canonical examp…
Constructing Identities, Borrowing Narratives
How did noblewomen of premodern Japan weave elements of The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari, 1008) through their diaries and lives at court? I examine how the Genji functioned as a source of desire, literary authority, and historical precedent for three women diarists writing between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · 1185-1600 (1 work) · Abutsu-ni (ca. 1209-1283) (1 work) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (1 work) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 work) · Biographical and Historical Analysis (1 work)