Puppets of nostalgia : the life, death, and rebirth of the Japanese Awaji ningyo tradition /

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Puppets of Nostalgia is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the ""life, death, and rebirth"" of awaji nin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Law, Jane Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1997.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Puppet theater > Japan > Awaji Island.
Performing arts > Religious aspects.
Théâtre de marionnettes > Japon > Awaji (Île)
Arts du spectacle > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Puppet theater.
Japan > Religious life and customs.
Japan.
Japan > Awaji Island.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Of Stories and Fragments
  • I. In the Shape of a Person: The Varieties of Ritual Uses of Effigy in Japan
  • 2. Kadozuke: The Outsider at the Gates
  • 3. A Crippled Deity, a Priest, and a Puppet: Kugutsu and Ebisukaki of the Nishinomiya Shrine
  • 4. A Dead Priest, an Angry Deity, a Fisherm an, and a Puppet: The Narrative Origins of Awaji Ningyō
  • 5. Puppets of the Road, Puppets of the Field: Shiki Sanbaso, Ebisu-mai, and Puppetry Festivals on Awaji
  • 6. Puppets and Whirlpools: Icons, Nostalgia, Regionalism, and Identity in the Revival of Awaji Ningyō
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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