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Ambiguous bodies : reading the grotesque in Japanese setsuwa tales /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Michelle Ilene Osterfeld, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Folk literature, Japanese > History and criticism.
Tales > Japan > History and criticism.
Japanese literature > To 1600 > History and criticism.
Grotesque in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Setsuwa and the grotesque
  • Fantastic detached body parts
  • Curious sexual encounters
  • Who eats whom? Flesh-eating demons and political power struggles
  • The feminization of demons
  • Animal spirits.