Gender Gymnastics: Performing and Consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue

Author:   Leonie R. Stickland
Publisher:   Trans Pacific Press
ISBN:  

9781876843519


Pages:   281
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Gender Gymnastics: Performing and Consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue


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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, endeavours, 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.

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Author:   Leonie R. Stickland
Publisher:   Trans Pacific Press
Imprint:   Trans Pacific Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781876843519


ISBN 10:   1876843519
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Leonie Stickland holds a PhD, a BA in Asian Studies (Hons), a GradDipEd (Secondary Teaching) and a Diploma of Interpreting. She is a lecturer in Japanese language and Japanese studies at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Her research interests include gender, sexuality and ageing in the East Asian context.

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