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 dynamic representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, boldly reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as a subversive enterta...

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1. Verfasser: Shimazaki, Satoko (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its dynamic representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, boldly reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as a subversive entertainment and a threat to shogunal authority, Shimazaki argues that kabuki actually instilled a sense of shared history in Edo's inhabitants, regardless of their class
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 30, 2016)
Beschreibung:1 online resource 50 b&w illustrations
ISBN:9780231540520
9780231172264
DOI:10.7312/shim17226

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