The Man Who Saved Kabuki : : Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan /

The Man Who Saved Kabuki : : Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan / / Okamoto Shiro.

As part of its program to promote democracy in Japan after World War II, the American Occupation, headed by General Douglas MacArthur, undertook to enforce rigid censorship policies aimed at eliminating all traces of feudal thought in media and entertainment, including kabuki. Faubion Bowers (1917-1...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Shiro, Okamoto,
TeilnehmendeR:
Leiter, Samuel L.
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator's Introduction
  • Author's Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Faubion Bowers and Japan, 1940 -1945
  • Chapter 2. Wartime Kabuki
  • Chapter 3. The Occupation Commences and the Actors Return
  • Chapter 4. Kabuki Censorship Begins
  • Chapter 5. How Faubion Bowers "Saved" Kabuki
  • Chapter 6. Kabuki's Suffering Ends
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. A Kabuki Chronology, 1940-1948
  • Appendix B. Kabuki Plot Summaries
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author and Translator

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