TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kano,Ayako
TI  - Acting like a woman in modern Japan: theater, gender, and nationalism 
SN  - 0312292910
AV  - PN2928.K375 K36 2001
U1  - 792.0280820952 22
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave
KW  - Kawakami, Sadayakko,
KW  - Matsui, Sumako,
KW  - Women in the theater
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-311) and index; 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol055/2001032762.html
ER  -