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This book traces the history of 'girls' aesthetics,' where adult Japanese women create art works about 'girls' that resist motherhood, from the modern to the contemporary period and their manifestation in Japanese women's theatrical and dance performance and visual arts including manga, film, and installation arts.
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“Nobuko Anan’s Contemporary Japanese Women’s Theatre and Visual Arts joins a fleet of scholarly books published in the last several decades on Japanese girls’ culture. Solidly researched, this study integrates Japanese, European, and American scholarship, combining in-depth analysis of specific theatre works and theoretical concepts as well as historical overviews. It enhances our understanding of Japanese performance since the 1970s and is a welcome addition to the field.” (Ayako Kano, Theatre Journal, Vol. 59 (4), December, 2017)
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About the author
Nobuko Anan is Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She has published articles on Japanese women's performance and visual arts in anthologies and journals such as TDR and Theatre Research International. She received her PhD from Theatre and Performance at University of California Los Angeles, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Japanese Women’s Theatre and Visual Arts
Book Subtitle: Performing Girls’ Aesthetics
Authors: Nobuko Anan
Series Title: Contemporary Performance InterActions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137372987
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37297-0Published: 27 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37298-7Published: 26 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-5870
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5889
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 229
Topics: Theatre History, Performing Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts, Aesthetics