Puppets of Nostalgia : : The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningyō Tradition / / Jane Marie Law.
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 ningyo shibai,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (338 p.) :; 30 halftones 2 maps 7 line illus. |
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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