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Author:
Vollmann, William T.
Title:
Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figures / William T. Vollmann.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Ecco,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xxi, 504 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Nō.
Women in the theater--Japan.
Gender identity in the theater--Japan.
Sex role in the theater--Japan.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Femininity.
Geishas.
Kabuki.
Transgender people--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-500).
Summary:
Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets of staged femininity and the mystery of perceived and expressed beauty.
ISBN:
0061228486
9780061228483
OCLC:
(OCoLC)419855470
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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