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Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost / Satoko Shimazaki.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231540520 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost.DDC classification:
  • 792.0952 23
LOC classification:
  • PN2924.5.K3 S365 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The birth of Edo kabuki -- Presenting the past: Edo kabuki and the creation of community -- The beginning of the end of Edo kabuki: Yotsuya Kaidan in 1825 -- Overturning the world: the treasury of loyal retainers and Yotsuya Kaidan -- Shades of jealousy: the body of the female ghost -- The end of the world: figures of the ubume and the breakdown of theater tradition -- The modern rebirth of kabuki -- Another history: Yotsuya Kaidan on stage and page.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The birth of Edo kabuki -- Presenting the past: Edo kabuki and the creation of community -- The beginning of the end of Edo kabuki: Yotsuya Kaidan in 1825 -- Overturning the world: the treasury of loyal retainers and Yotsuya Kaidan -- Shades of jealousy: the body of the female ghost -- The end of the world: figures of the ubume and the breakdown of theater tradition -- The modern rebirth of kabuki -- Another history: Yotsuya Kaidan on stage and page.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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