Edo Kabuki in Transition - From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as subversive, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
A Note to the Reader
Introduction
Part I. The Birth of Edo Kabuki
1. Presenting the Past: Edo Kabuki and the Creation of Community
Part II. The Beginning of the End of Edo Kabuki: Yotsuya kaidan in 1825
2. Overturning the World: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers and Yotsuya kaidan
3. Shades of Jealousy: The Body of the Female Ghost
4. The End of the World: Figures of the Ubume and the Breakdown of Theater Tradition
Part III: The Modern Rebirth of Kabuki
5. Another History: Yotsuya kaidan on Stage and Page
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Satoko Shimazaki is associate professor of early modern Japanese literature and theater at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Riassunto

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as subversive, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history.

Testo aggiuntivo

The book is a fascinating mix of the informative and is scattered throughout with some obscure historical eyebrow raising facts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Satoko Shimazaki, Shimazaki Satoko
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780231172271
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17227-1
• Pagine: 392
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Japanese, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights