Kano, Ayako,  1966- <br/><br/>
Acting like a woman in modern Japan :  theater, gender, and nationalism / 
 Acting like a woman in modern Japan :  Theatre, gender, and nationalism  Theater, gender, and nationalism 
Ayako Kano. 
 - xi, 322 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-311) and index. 
<br/><br/>Setting the stage. Acting like a woman ; Modern formations of gender and performance -- Kawakami Sadayakko. Wifeing the woman ; Straightening the theater ; Reproducing the empire -- Matsui Sumako. A new woman ; A new theater ; Feminists and femmes fatales ; Epilogue: revealing the real body. 
<br/><br/> "Weaving together careful readings of plays and reviews, memoirs and interviews, biographies, and critical essays, Acting Like a Woman in Modern Japan traces the emergence of the first generation of modern actresses in Japan, a nation in which male actors had long dominated the public stage. What emerges is a colorful and complex picture of modern Japanese gender, theater, and nationhood. Using the lives and careers of two dominant actresses from the Meiji and Taisho eras, Ayako Kano reveals the fantasies, fears, and impact that women on stage created in Japan as it entered the 20th century."--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312292910 9780312292911 0312239971 9780312239978 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001032762 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kawakami, Sadayakko, 1871-1946 <br/>Matsui, Sumako, 1886-1919 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in the theater--History--Japan--19th century.<br/>Women in the theater--History--Japan--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2928.K375  / K36 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.0280820952