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The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism - Revised Edition
Benito Ortolani
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Description for The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism - Revised Edition
Paperback. Offers a history of Japanese theatre. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, this book provides summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 pages of b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Widely recognized as the standard history of Japanese theatre for Western readers, this work by Benito Ortolani is now available for the first time in paperback. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, it provides concise summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, masks and properties, repertory, acting techniques, and noteworthy actors. Complete with illustrations and an extensive bibliography, this book serves undergraduates and specialists both as a reference and as a cultural history ... Read more
Widely recognized as the standard history of Japanese theatre for Western readers, this work by Benito Ortolani is now available for the first time in paperback. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, it provides concise summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, masks and properties, repertory, acting techniques, and noteworthy actors. Complete with illustrations and an extensive bibliography, this book serves undergraduates and specialists both as a reference and as a cultural history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691043333
SKU
V9780691043333
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About Benito Ortolani
Benito Ortolani is Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. An internationally known authority on Japanese theatre, he is also the founder and editor of the yearly International Bibliography of Theatre and the editor of Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba (Princeton).
Reviews for The Japanese Theatre: From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism - Revised Edition
"The reader will find no fuller and more informed account of the complexities of Japanese theatre history and of the cultural matrices from which Japan's various theatre forms grew, than in this admirable scholarly work."
James R. Brandon, Monumenta Nipponica "The book represents the summation of a lifetime's work by a meticulous teacher and scholar whose fascination with his subject now ... Read more
James R. Brandon, Monumenta Nipponica "The book represents the summation of a lifetime's work by a meticulous teacher and scholar whose fascination with his subject now ... Read more