| Gender Gymnastics: Performing and Consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue Contributor(s): Stickland, Leonie (Author), Stickland Phd, Leonie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1876843519 ISBN-13: 9781876843519 Publisher: Trans Pacific Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: The artifice of gender performance sometimes playful, mostly conscientious has enthralled and entertained audiences of Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue for more than 90 years. The dashing male-role players in its musical theatre productions enjoy the adulation of a predominantly female audience for whom these handsome idols represent ideal masculinity, while, at the same time, these 'men' in turn are reflected and magnified by the overwrought femininity of their female-role counterparts. This volume resounds with the voices of those closest to Takarazuka, the girls and women who have danced, sung, and acted in its limelight. Using exclusive interviews, historical records, autobiographies, and years of close-hand observations, former Revue translator and voice actor Leonie Stickland extensively explores the aspirations, endeavors, and experiences of Takarazuka's creators, performers, and adoring fans. Stickland's book simultaneously elucidates gender issues which have impacted up |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.309 |
| Series: Japanese Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 281 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The artifice of gender performance - sometimes playful, mostly conscientious - has enthralled and entertained audiences of Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue for more than 90 years. The dashing male-role players in its musical theatre productions enjoy the adulation of a predominantly female audience for whom these handsome idols represent ideal masculinity, while, at the same time, these 'men' in turn are reflected and magnified by the overwrought femininity of their female-role counterparts. This volume resounds with the voices of those closest to Takarazuka, the girls and women who have danced, sung, and acted in its limelight. Using exclusive interviews, historical records, autobiographies, and years of close-hand observations, former Revue translator and voice actor Leonie Stickland extensively explores the aspirations, endeavors, and experiences of Takarazuka's creators, performers, and adoring fans. Stickland's book simultaneously elucidates gender issues which have impacted upon the life-stages of women in Japan throughout the past century. |