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Author : Dennis H. Atkin
Release : 1987
Genre : Actresses
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Book Synopsis Performers in the Takarazuka Theater by : Dennis H. Atkin
Download or read book Performers in the Takarazuka Theater written by Dennis H. Atkin. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonah Salz
Release : 2016-07-14
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 324/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of Japanese Theatre by : Jonah Salz
Download or read book A History of Japanese Theatre written by Jonah Salz. This book was released on 2016-07-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan boasts one of the world's oldest, most vibrant and most influential performance traditions. This accessible and complete history provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese theatre and its continuing global influence. Written by eminent international scholars, it spans the full range of dance-theatre genres over the past fifteen hundred years, including noh theatre, bunraku puppet theatre, kabuki theatre, shingeki modern theatre, rakugo storytelling, vanguard butoh dance and media experimentation. The first part addresses traditional genres, their historical trajectories and performance conventions. Part II covers the spectrum of new genres since Meiji (1868–), and Parts III to VI provide discussions of playwriting, architecture, Shakespeare, and interculturalism, situating Japanese elements within their global theatrical context. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and prints, this history features interviews with key modern directors, an overview of historical scholarship in English and Japanese, and a timeline. A further reading list covers a range of multimedia resources to encourage further explorations.
Author : Jennifer Robertson
Release : 1998-07-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 510/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Takarazuka by : Jennifer Robertson
Download or read book Takarazuka written by Jennifer Robertson. This book was released on 1998-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-female Takarazuka Revue is world-famous today for its rococo musical productions, including gender-bending love stories, This text explores how the Revue illuminates discourses of sexual politics, nationalism, imperialism and popular culture in 20th-century Japan.
Author : Leonie R. Stickland
Release : 2008
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 519/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gender Gymnastics by : Leonie R. Stickland
Download or read book Gender Gymnastics written by Leonie R. Stickland. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The artifice of gender performance - sometimes playful, mostly conscientious - has for ninety-four years enthralled and entertained fans of the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's largest all-female musical theatre company. Adored by a predominantly female audience, its' dashing male-role players embody an 'ideal masculinity,' reflected and magnified by the overwrought femininity of their female-role counterparts." "Through analysis of the aspirations, endeavours and experiences of Takarazuka's creators, performers and fans, voiced by the author's years of participant observation, this volume elucidates a plethora of gender issues which have impacted upon the life-stages of women in Japan."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Makiko Yamanashi
Release : 2012
Genre : Musicals
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Book Rating : 860/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914 by : Makiko Yamanashi
Download or read book A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914 written by Makiko Yamanashi. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides an in-depth analysis of Takarazuka's history, educational traditions and theatrical ethos viewed from the prism of Japan's modernization and globalization in the twentieth century. Its relationship to Japanese popular culture, especially in the fields of manga and fashion as well as its ongoing success are also addressed.
