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The Changelings: A Classical Japanese Court Tale
This is the first translation into English of Torikaebaya monogatari, a twelfth-century work of unknown authorship that tells the unusual story of a brother and sister whose natural inclinations lead them at an early age to live as members of the opposite sex. The chronicle of their difficulties, especially the complications that arise in the course of their sexual encount...more
Hardcover, 248 pages
Published
May 28th 1983
by Stanford University Press
(first published May 1983)
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Very important and relatively overlooked book. If you are interested in gender performance and gender representation in classical Japan, it's a great place to start. They are obviously not changelings, since no magical transformation occurs. The protagonists clearly choose to perform conforming to a particular gender role, according to their inclinations. Unlike Iphis and Iante there is no divine intervention, just character pecularities, social conventions and life circumstances.
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