Shimazaki Edo Kabuki in Transition

From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-54052-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shimazaki, Satoko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Satoko Shimazaki is assistant professor of Japanese literature and theater at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on early modern Japanese theater and popular literature; the modern history of kabuki; gender representation on the kabuki stage; and the interaction of performance, print, and text.