Theatricality of the Closet: Fashion, Performance, and Subjectivity between Victorian Britain and Meiji Japan

Author:   Michelle Liu Carriger
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
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9780810145894


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 November 2023
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Author:   Michelle Liu Carriger
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
ISBN:  

9780810145894


ISBN 10:   0810145898
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter One. “Tissue of Quotations”: Fashion and Subjectivity Chapter Two. “Typical Modern Amazon”: Freaks of Fashion, Newspaper Nightmares, and the Girl of the Period Chapter Three. “Extraordinary Revelations of the Hermaphrodite Clique”: Boulton and Park and the Theatre Defense Chapter Four. “Great Mirrors”: Redressing Nation, Gender, and Modernity in Meiji Japan Chapter Five. “Returning to the Real Me”: Gothic Lolita Self-Fashioning Notes Bibliography Index

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"Lively and deeply researched, this remarkable study is an insightful contribution to histories of modernity, comparative performance studies, and culture and gender studies in which the simple act of dressing is a struggle over how the future is imagined."" - Peter Eckersall, CUNY Graduate Center"


"""Lively and deeply researched, this remarkable study is an insightful contribution to histories of modernity, comparative performance studies, and culture and gender studies in which the simple act of dressing is a struggle over how the future is imagined."" --Peter Eckersall, CUNY Graduate Center"


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Michelle Liu Carriger is an associate professor of theater and performance studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her articles have won the Gerald Kahan Scholar’s Prize from the American Society for Theatre Research, and the Award for Outstanding Article from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

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