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1 online resource (xxviii, 233 pages) : color illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A HISTORY OF THE TAKARAZUKA REVUE SINCE 1914; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Technical Methods and Descriptions; List of figures; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF TAKARAZUKA; The birth of Takarazuka; Kobayashi Ichizō and the foundation of the Hankyū enterprise; Takarazuka: spa, pool and theatre; Department stores and Hankyū; New theatre for the new age; Takarazuka in the current of theatre reformation; Big Theatre-ism; Acting as a new profession for women; In the light and shade of development; The onset of war. |
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Performing for the war: revues that captured thepeople's heartTakarazuka's first tours abroad; Under the national policy; CHAPTER 2: THE MECHANISMS OF TAKARAZUKA; The school for girls; Takarazuka Music School (T.M.S.); Education methods and principles: purity, integrity, grace; Takarasiennes: student life; From T.M.S. to the Takarazuka Revue Company; Youthful spirit till retirement; The institutional management; Stage creators and preservation of records; PR methods and the corporate performance of Hankyū and its partners; Image branding of the Dream Factory. |
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CHAPTER 3: THE STAGE ART OF TAKARAZUKA'FANTASY ADVENTURE'The formulation of the Takarazuka hybrid style; Domesticising foreign inspirations; Succeeding Kabuki and other traditions, then inventinga new tradition; The West + the East = hyper exotic utopia?; The allure of sexual ambiguity; Male and female impersonators; Artistic detachment of the stagecraft; The dramaturgical ethos; Visual and literary symbolism and metaphor; The universality of human drama and love; Mannerism: 'intertextural' collage; CHAPTER 4 : THE TAISHŌ 'MODERN' IN THE FEMALE DOMAIN OF GIRLS' CULTURE. |
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Takarasiennes and Moga ("Modern Girls")From New Women to Modern Girls; Unconventional looks and habits; Discovery of personality and search for identity; Floating girls: otome as an idealised shōjo; Ren'ai: the imported concept of love; Culture of girlfriends: a heritage of girl bondingcalled 's-kankei'; The audience at the 'Fantasy Adventure'; Grasping the heart of female audiences; Takarazuka's fandom: fidelity, nurturing, and sisterhood; Mirror images of the desired 'self' and the fantasised 'other'; CHAPTER 5: TAKARAZUKA IN THE MODERN HERITAGEOF GIRLS' CULTURE AND BEYOND. |
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Interaction with shōjo mangaTezuka Osamu and Takarazuka; Transforming manga to stage and vice versa; Cherishing dreams, love and self-development; Utopia or dystopia of popular culture? Subversive interpretations of shōjo and Takarazuka; Kawaii: different kinds of cute and where they fitin Takarazuka; Metamorphoses of kawaii, otaku, yaoi and beyond; Diverse receptions and changing representations; Tactile recreation of magical dreams; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; Appendix I Analysis of Revue by Nakamura Akiichi, 1935; Appendix II List of magazines for girls and women; BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
| Summary |
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides an in-depth analysis of Takarazuka's history, educational traditions and theatrical ethos viewed from the prism of Japan's modernization and globalization in the twentieth century. Its relationship to Japanese popular culture, especially in the fields of manga and fashion as well as its ongoing success are also addressed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Takarazuka Kagekidan -- History.
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Takarazuka Kagekidan. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Yamanashi, Makiko. History of the Takarazuka Revue since 1914 : modernity, girls' culture, Japan pop. Boston : Global Oriental, 2012 xxviii, 233 pages ; 25 cm 9789004203860 (DLC) 10958861 |
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9789004250215 (electronic book) |
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9004250212 (electronic book) |
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9789004203860 |
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9004203869 |
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