Smashing the Great Buddha, Crossing Lines
Tsushima Yūko's Nara Report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2134523 |
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| Authors | Yukiko Shigeto (0000-0002-0432-3099, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466018014456 |
| OpenAlex | W4408501291 |
| Language | EN |
With her 2004 novel Nara Report, Tsushima Yūko has presented us with a "report" through which memories borne by the dead come alive. This essay traces the ways in which the novel makes present day Nara emerge as a topos resounding with the voices of those subjected to Buddhist marginalization in pre-modern Nara- women, minorities, outcasts and animals- and considers how it creates space for reimagining this densely overdetermined place
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Gautama Buddha · History · Japanese History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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