The Misogynistic Culture of Heian Japan
| dc.contributor.advisor | Camp, Margaret | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Greer, Rebecca Joy | |
| dc.creator | Greer, Rebecca Joy | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-05T21:56:08Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-05T21:56:08Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Greer, Rebecca Joy. (2015). The Misogynistic Culture of Heian Japan (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579251 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Heian era of Japan is a period characterized by a court society enamored with all things beautiful and poetic. Within that society, court men and women produced many great, long-lasting works of art, not the least of which were works of poetry and literature. Some of the most famous of these literary and poetic pieces were authored by women of the court, such as The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon. Considering the great accomplishments of these women, one might be lead to believe that these women enjoyed lives of respect and opportunity, however; this could not be further from the truth. Women of the Heian era lived their lives from a position of inferiority with no chance at achievements at the level of men. In my paper, I argue that, through the writings of court men and women of the Heian era, an intrinsic misogyny within the culture is revealed. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en |
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| dc.title | The Misogynistic Culture of Heian Japan | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en |
| thesis.degree.level | bachelors | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Honors College | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | East Asian Studies | en |
| thesis.degree.name | B.A. | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-10T13:38:54Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The Heian era of Japan is a period characterized by a court society enamored with all things beautiful and poetic. Within that society, court men and women produced many great, long-lasting works of art, not the least of which were works of poetry and literature. Some of the most famous of these literary and poetic pieces were authored by women of the court, such as The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon. Considering the great accomplishments of these women, one might be lead to believe that these women enjoyed lives of respect and opportunity, however; this could not be further from the truth. Women of the Heian era lived their lives from a position of inferiority with no chance at achievements at the level of men. In my paper, I argue that, through the writings of court men and women of the Heian era, an intrinsic misogyny within the culture is revealed. |
