author: eugenia c delamotte

Women Imagine Change: A Global Anthology of Women's Resistance from 600 B.C.E. to Present

Eugenia C. DeLamotte Natania Meeker Jean F. O'Barr

... SEI SHONAGON (c. 966-?) “Women Serving in the Palace” See also Sexuality, Spirituality, and Power In this passage from The Pillow Book, Sei Shonagon develops an account of the way in which gender functions to structure courtly rituals ...