The Value of Vulnerability: Sexual Coercion and the Nature of Love in Japanese Court Literature

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1999-11Author
Childs, Margaret H.
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Association for Asian Studies
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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Margaret H. Childs analyzes the attributes of "love" in the world of premodern Japanese literature. She concentrates on the emotional dynamics of love affairs in The Taile of Genji and other Heian tales in order to highlight the high value that both men and women placed on vulnerability. By linking love to pity or compassion, the author makes a case for what she terms "the erotic potential of powerlessness."
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Childs, Margaret H. "The Value of Vulnerability: Sexual Coercion and the Nature of Love in Japanese Court Literature." The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 58, No. 4 (Nov., 1999) , pp. 1059-1079
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