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Gender gymnastics : performing and consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue

Title
  1. Gender gymnastics : performing and consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue / Leonie R. Stickland.
Published by
  1. Melbourne : Trans Pacific Press, 2008.
Author
  1. Stickland, Leonie R.

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Description
  1. x, 281 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "The artifice of gender performance - sometimes playful, mostly conscientious - has for ninety-four years enthralled and entertained fans of the Takarazuka Revue, Japan's largest all-female musical theatre company. Adored by a predominantly female audience, its' dashing male-role players embody an 'ideal masculinity, ' reflected and magnified by the overwrought femininity of their female-role counterparts." "Through analysis of the aspirations, endeavours and experiences of Takarazuka's creators, performers and fans, voiced by the author's years of participant observation, this volume elucidates a plethora of gender issues which have impacted upon the life-stages of women in Japan."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Japanese society series, 1443-9670
Uniform title
  1. Japanese society series
Subject
  1. Takarazuka Kagekidan
  2. Takarazuka Revue
  3. Takarazukakagekidan
  4. Geschichte
  5. Sex role > Japan
  6. Musicals > Japan
  7. Social structure > Japan
  8. Popular culture > Japan
  9. Ethnology > Japan
  10. Gender identity > Japan
  11. Ethnology
  12. Gender identity
  13. Musicals
  14. Popular culture
  15. Sex role
  16. Social structure
  17. Junge Frau
  18. Geschlechtsidentität
  19. Japan
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-267) and index.