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A history of the Takarazuka Revue since 1914 : modernity, girls' culture, Japan pop /
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides an in-depth analysis of Takarazuka's history, educational traditions and theatrical ethos viewed from the prism of Japan's modernization and globalization in the twentieth century. Its relationship to Japanese popular culture, especi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Global Oriental,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- A HISTORY OF THE TAKARAZUKA REVUE SINCE 1914; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Technical Methods and Descriptions; List of figures; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF TAKARAZUKA; The birth of Takarazuka; Kobayashi Ichizō and the foundation of the Hankyū enterprise; Takarazuka: spa, pool and theatre; Department stores and Hankyū; New theatre for the new age; Takarazuka in the current of theatre reformation; Big Theatre-ism; Acting as a new profession for women; In the light and shade of development; The onset of war.
- Performing for the war: revues that captured thepeople's heartTakarazuka's first tours abroad; Under the national policy; CHAPTER 2: THE MECHANISMS OF TAKARAZUKA; The school for girls; Takarazuka Music School (T.M.S.); Education methods and principles: purity, integrity, grace; Takarasiennes: student life; From T.M.S. to the Takarazuka Revue Company; Youthful spirit till retirement; The institutional management; Stage creators and preservation of records; PR methods and the corporate performance of Hankyū and its partners; Image branding of the Dream Factory.
- CHAPTER 3: THE STAGE ART OF TAKARAZUKA'FANTASY ADVENTURE'The formulation of the Takarazuka hybrid style; Domesticising foreign inspirations; Succeeding Kabuki and other traditions, then inventinga new tradition; The West + the East = hyper exotic utopia?; The allure of sexual ambiguity; Male and female impersonators; Artistic detachment of the stagecraft; The dramaturgical ethos; Visual and literary symbolism and metaphor; The universality of human drama and love; Mannerism: 'intertextural' collage; CHAPTER 4 : THE TAISHŌ 'MODERN' IN THE FEMALE DOMAIN OF GIRLS' CULTURE.
- Takarasiennes and Moga ("Modern Girls")From New Women to Modern Girls; Unconventional looks and habits; Discovery of personality and search for identity; Floating girls: otome as an idealised shōjo; Ren'ai: the imported concept of love; Culture of girlfriends: a heritage of girl bondingcalled 's-kankei'; The audience at the 'Fantasy Adventure'; Grasping the heart of female audiences; Takarazuka's fandom: fidelity, nurturing, and sisterhood; Mirror images of the desired 'self' and the fantasised 'other'; CHAPTER 5: TAKARAZUKA IN THE MODERN HERITAGEOF GIRLS' CULTURE AND BEYOND.
- Interaction with shōjo mangaTezuka Osamu and Takarazuka; Transforming manga to stage and vice versa; Cherishing dreams, love and self-development; Utopia or dystopia of popular culture? Subversive interpretations of shōjo and Takarazuka; Kawaii: different kinds of cute and where they fitin Takarazuka; Metamorphoses of kawaii, otaku, yaoi and beyond; Diverse receptions and changing representations; Tactile recreation of magical dreams; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; Appendix I Analysis of Revue by Nakamura Akiichi, 1935; Appendix II List of magazines for girls and women; BIBLIOGRAPHY.