East Asian Studies Center: Imaging and Reading Eros

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Edited by
Sumie Jones

Published by
the East Asian Studies Center
Indiana University, Bloomington

Proceedings for the conference, Sexuality and Edo Culture, 1750-1850
Held at Indiana University
on August 17-20, 1995

Over 130 Illustrations
Publication date: May 31, 1996

Sexuality in Edo culture has long been a taboo subject in literary histories and critical studies in spite of the fact that, as with other major cities, Edo urban culture materialized in narratives grounded in sexual fantasies. In "Imaging/Reading Eros," scholars from many disciplines explore the connection between the awareness of the body and the self-consciousness of the city's culture in an effort to find a place for sexuality in teaching and research on Japan, while establishing a place for Edo popular culture in the canons of world art and literature.

Included in the volume are essays on the following topics and responses to panel presentations:
Positioning Shunga Historically Matthias FORRER, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden Henry SMITH, Columbia University George WILSON, Indiana University Otherness Within and Without Susan BURNS, University of Texas at Austin CHOI Park-Kwang, Sungkyunkwan University MIYATA Noboru, Kanagawa University Michael ROBINSON, Indiana University Configurations of Gender Gary LEUPP, Tufts University UENO Chizuko, University of Tokyo UJIE Mikito, The National Archives, Tokyo Norman BRYSON, Harvard University Desire for Narrative in Stories and Pictures NOBUHIRO Shinji, University of Tokyo Charles INOUE, Tufts University Eiji SEKINE, Purdue University TAKAHASHI Toru, University of Nagoya		Eros and Consumerism Andrew MARKUS, University of Washington David POLLACK, University of Rochester TANAKA Yuko, Hosei University Harold BOLITHO, Harvard University The Place of Love Sumie JONES, Indiana University Robert CAMPBELL, National Institute of Japanese Literature, Tokyo HAGA Toru, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto Andrew GERSTLE, University of London The Rhythm and Play of Flesh and Words HAYAKAWA Monta, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto John SOLT, Amherst College Paul G. SCHALOW, Rutgers University Keynote Address Howard HIBBETT, Harvard University

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