Kabuki's Forgotten War : : 1931-1945 / / James R. Brandon.
According to a myth constructed after Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945, kabuki was a pure, classical art form with no real place in modern Japanese society. In Kabuki’s Forgotten War, senior theater scholar James R. Brandon calls this view into question and makes a compelling case that...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 130 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Kabuki’s Foreign Adventure: 1931–1939
- Chapter One. Prelude to War
- Chapter Two. Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai Incidents 1931–1934
- Chapter Three. Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937–1938
- Chapter Four .The Darkening Storm 1939
- Part 2: Fruits of Victory: 1940–1942
- Chapter Five. Kabuki and 2,600 Years of Imperial Rule 1940
- Chapter Six .Confrontation with America and Britain 1941
- Chapter Seven .Japan and Kabuki at the Zenith 1942
- Part 3: Defeat and Survival: 1943–1945
- Chapter Eight. Kabuki and Japan’s “Decisive Battle” 1943
- Chapter Nine. Kabuki Is a Luxury 1944
- Chapter Ten. The Agony Ends 1945
- Chapter Eleven. War Plays in Kabuki — a Retrospection August 1945
- Part 4 :Kabuki Outlasts the Occupation: 1945–1947
- Chapter Twelve. Inventing Classic Kabuki 1945–1947
- Notes
- Sources
- Index of Play Titles in English and Japanese
- Index of Kabuki Actors’ Names in the Text
- index