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Record Nr.

UNISA996247901703316

Autore

Robertson Jennifer <1953->

Titolo

Takarazuka : sexual politics and popular culture in modern Japan / / Jennifer Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c1998

ISBN

0-520-92012-0

0-585-05343-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 278 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

306/.0952

Soggetti

Ethnology - Japan

Theater - Japan

Musicals - Japan

Popular culture - Japan

Sex role - Japan

Social structure - Japan

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Japan Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-264) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The all-female Takarazuka Revue is world-famous today for its rococo musical productions, including gender-bending love stories, torridly romantic liaisons in foreign settings, and fanatically devoted fans. In this book the author explores how the Revue illuminates discourses of sexual politics, nationalism, imperialism, and popular culture in twentieth-century Japan.