{"product_id":"onnagata-9780295742755","title":"Onnagata","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A well-researched and thorough historical study of the artificial and artistic construction of femininity by \u003ci\u003eonnagata\u003c\/i\u003e that provides a great deal of information as well as many thought-provoking insights.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Akiko Kusunoki * Early Modern Women *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is an important addition to the study of women performers in kabuki and supports the idea that onnagata is an action or performance\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Colleen Lanki * Asian Theater Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Isaka makes a number of important interventions in understanding how femininity is constructed and presented on the Japanese stage as well as in society as a whole. . . . The book’s exploration of gender performance goes far beyond the worlds of dramatic literature and theatrical performance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Megan Ammirati * Theatre Survey *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eIsaka’s\u003c\/b\u003e approach enables her to successfully situate onnagata within current discourse on gender identity. . . . Onnagata [is an] important additio[n] to the growing library of kabuki studies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Note on Textual Conventions \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Fundamentals: Invitation to Labyrinths of Gendering\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Labyrinth of Onnagata \u003cbr\u003e 1. Geneses of a Maze: Androgyne Fatale \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Femininity Inside Out: Onnagata Who Pass\u003cbr\u003e 2. Denial of Transience: Forfeiting the Androgynous Charm \u003cbr\u003e 3. Prescription for Femininity: Onnagata Who Pass\u003cbr\u003e 4. Canonization: Creating Onnagata Traditions \u003cbr\u003e 5. Femininity in Circulation: Texts in Kabuki, Kabuki in Texts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three | Marginalized Centers: Bodies and Personnel\u003cbr\u003e 6. Naturally Disciplined: Moving Real on Procrustean Beds \u003cbr\u003e 7. Female Onnagata in the Porous Labyrinth: The Enunciated Femininity and the Enunciating Masculinity \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four | Origins of Onnagata: Modern Reformation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Toward Contemporary Onnagata: Art in Their Blood \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Journey Continues \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400886853975,"sku":"9780295742755","price":33.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295742755.jpg?v=1730471848","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/onnagata-9780295742755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}