Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess - The Legend of Giō And Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage

Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess explores the Tale of the Heike episode of the dancers Giō and Hotoke, which first appeared in the fourteenth century and went on to inspire, in often unpredictable ways, countless artistic productions in subsequent centuries.

About the author

Roberta Strippoli, Ph.D. (Stanford 2006), is associate professor at Binghamton University (SUNY). A scholar of premodern Japanese literature and theater, she has published on the late-medieval narratives otogizōshi, including La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone (Marsilio 2001).

Product details

• Authors: Roberta Strippoli
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2017
• EAN: 9789004356290
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35629-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Libra
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)