| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 23 |
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Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 23. 0925-6512
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| Contents |
pt. 1. The 1960s space : performance and protest -- pt. 2. Culture after the bubble : performance and performativity -- pt. 3. Rethinking radical spaces in the Japanese avant-garde theatre |
| Summary |
This is the first history of Japan's avant-garde underground theatre (angura) in a time of its most intense, creative, and original productions, viz. 1960-2000. It closely investigates the interrelationship of aesthetics and politics and explores contrasting examples of contemporary performance in relation to social context and cultural history. Part one considers the 1960s era of protest and theatrical invention. The second part examines theatre in the 1980s, a time of unprecedented economic boom. The final section considers the work of four of the most important companies of the 1990s and explores how they are grappling with manifold new political and artistic challenges |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Experimental theater -- Japan
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Theater -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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Theater -- Political aspects -- Japan
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Experimental theater
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Theater
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Theater -- Political aspects
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047409953 |
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9047409957 |
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9004151990 |
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9789004151994 |
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1281399574 |
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9781281399571 |
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