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Author Isaka, Maki, author.

Title Onnagata : a labyrinth of gendering in kabuki theater / Maki Isaka.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015].
©2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Fundamentals: invitation to labyrinths of gendering -- Introduction: a labyrinth of onnagata -- Geneses of a maze: androgyne fatale -- Femininity inside out: onnagata who pass -- Denial of transience: forfeiting the androgynous charm -- Prescription for femininity: onnagata who pass -- Canonization: creating onnagata traditions -- Femininity in circulation: texts in kabuki, kabuki in texts -- Marginalized centers: bodies and personnel -- Naturally disciplined: moving real on procrustean beds -- Female onnagata in the porous labyrinth: the enunciated femininity and the enunciating masculinity -- Origins of onnagata: modern reformation -- Toward contemporary onnagata: art in their blood -- Epilogue: the journey continues.
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Subject Kabuki -- History.
Kabuki.
History.
Actors -- Japan -- History.
Actors.
Japan.
Female impersonators -- Japan -- History.
Female impersonators.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Kabuki.
Female impersonators.
Other Form: Print version: Isaka, Maki. Onnagata 9780295995106 (DLC) 2015033571 (OCoLC)907447228
ISBN 9780295806242 electronic book
0295806249 electronic book
9780295995106 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0295995106 hardcover ; alkaline paper