About this title: The all-female Takarazuka Revue is world-famous today for its rococo musical productions, including gender-bending love stories, torridly romantic liaisons in foreign settings, and fanatically devoted fans. But that is only a small part of its complicated and complicit performance history. In this sophisticated and historically grounded analysis, ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 7/21/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 320. read more
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 7/21/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 320. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 7/21/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 320. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 7-21-98
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
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Edition: Number Line 987654321
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of California Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 9 X 6. Pages are tight, bright & clean. Binding firm and straight. No apparent reading wear. Soft covers, spine, edges and corners good. If needed for reference, research, analysis, lucubration & dissertation or just enjoyment, this is the one. 278 pages, epilogue, notes, bibliography & index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998-07-21
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
Description: Very Good. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. 278 pp. Fine, near new copy. Mild rubbing to covers. Not ex-library or remaindered. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520211513ISBN:0520211510
Description: New. "Jennifer Robertson casts the Takarazuka Revue as a hybrid protagonist in her innovative and demystifying analysis of sexual, social, and national order and disorder in twentieth-century Japan. "--Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, author of "Disorderly Conduct... read more
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"I loved this book. Meticulously researched, clearly written. The topic is utterly fascinating. Robertson, an anthropologist, writes about the all female Takarazuka review theater in Japan, outlining its history, unpacking the complex gender issues at play in the performances and the institution established, looking at its collusion with the age of Japanese imperialism, and finally a fascinating look at the fan clubs that have been established around it. Anyone interested in world theater, Japanese culture, or comparative gender studies would love this."
"The Takarazuka is an all-female theatrical revue famed for its splendor and its otakuyaku -- women playing male roles, offstage as well as on.
More theory than history. Focused on the immediate pre- and post-war years; not much sense of the current Takarazuka. Despite Robertson's claims that femininity is as learned as a masquerade as masculinity (which I believe), she mostly focuses on the otakuyaku instead of the musumeyaku.
The pictures are great. The androgynous otakuyaku are seriously hot."
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