A kabuki reader : history and performance / Samuel L. Leiter, editor.
| Other author | Leiter, Samuel L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2002. |
| Description | xxxii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Japan in the modern world Japan in the modern world. ^A373394 |
| Contents | Performing arts of sixteenth-century Japan : a prelude to kabuki / Andrew T. Tsubaki -- Origins of kabuki acting in medieval Japanese drama / Laurence R. Kominz -- Bakufu versus kabuki / Donald H. Shively -- Nakamura Shichisaburō I and the creation of Edo-style wagoto / Holly A. Blumner -- Episodes in the career of the kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon III, including his rivalry with Arashi Rikan I / Charles J. Dunn -- Flowers of Edo : eighteenth-century kabuki and its patrons / C. Andrew Gerstle -- Hiiki Renchū (theatre of fan clubs) in Osaka in the early nineteenth century / Susumu Matsudaira -- Kabuki goes official : the 1878 opening of the Shintomi-za / Yuichirō Takahashi -- Breaking the kabuki actors' barriers : 1868-1900 / Faith Bach -- Communist kabuki : a contradiction in terms? / Brian Powell -- New (neo) kabuki and the work of Hanagumi Shibai / Natsuko Inoue -- From gay to gei : the onnagata and the creation of kabuki's female characters / Samuel L. Leiter -- Actor, role, and character : their multiple interrelationships in kabuki / Barbara E. Thornbury -- Kabuki : signs, symbols, and the hieroglyphic actor / Leonard C. Pronko -- Tsurane of Shibaraku : communicating the power of identity / Katherine Saltzman-Li -- Conjuring kuzunoha from the world of Abe no Seimei / Janet E. Goff -- Miracle at Yaguchi Ferry : a Japanese puppet play and its metamorphosis to kabuki / Stanleigh H. Jones Jr. -- Kabuki and the Elizabethan theatre / Leonard C. Pronko -- Kabuki : changes and prospects : an international symposium / James R. Brandon -- Kabuki as national culture : a critical survey of Japanese kabuki scholarship / Willaim Lee. |
| General note | "An east gate book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-398) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001020301 |
| ISBN | 0765607042 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0765607050 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN2924.5.K3 K2358 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |