Onnagata : a labyrinth of gendering in kabuki theater /
Isaka, Maki,
Onnagata : a labyrinth of gendering in kabuki theater / Maki Isaka. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fundamentals: invitation to labyrinths of gendering -- Introduction: a labyrinth of onnagata -- Geneses of a maze: androgyne fatale -- Femininity inside out: onnagata who pass -- Denial of transience: forfeiting the androgynous charm -- Prescription for femininity: onnagata who pass -- Canonization: creating onnagata traditions -- Femininity in circulation: texts in kabuki, kabuki in texts -- Marginalized centers: bodies and personnel -- Naturally disciplined: moving real on procrustean beds -- Female onnagata in the porous labyrinth: the enunciated femininity and the enunciating masculinity -- Origins of onnagata: modern reformation -- Toward contemporary onnagata: art in their blood -- Epilogue: the journey continues.
9780295806242
Kabuki--History.
Actors--History.--Japan
Female impersonators--History.--Japan
Electronic Books.
PN2924 / .O563 2015
Onnagata : a labyrinth of gendering in kabuki theater / Maki Isaka. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fundamentals: invitation to labyrinths of gendering -- Introduction: a labyrinth of onnagata -- Geneses of a maze: androgyne fatale -- Femininity inside out: onnagata who pass -- Denial of transience: forfeiting the androgynous charm -- Prescription for femininity: onnagata who pass -- Canonization: creating onnagata traditions -- Femininity in circulation: texts in kabuki, kabuki in texts -- Marginalized centers: bodies and personnel -- Naturally disciplined: moving real on procrustean beds -- Female onnagata in the porous labyrinth: the enunciated femininity and the enunciating masculinity -- Origins of onnagata: modern reformation -- Toward contemporary onnagata: art in their blood -- Epilogue: the journey continues.
9780295806242
Kabuki--History.
Actors--History.--Japan
Female impersonators--History.--Japan
Electronic Books.
PN2924 / .O563 2015