Leo Shingchi Yip

China Reinterpreted

Staging the Other in Muromachi Noh Theater

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Produktbeschreibung

This bookis a comprehensive study of Chinese figures and motifs in medieval Japanese noh theater. It explores the images of China and their implications constructed in the so-called "karagoto-mono"(Chinese plays) that reflect the artistic preferences, as well as the cultural and sociopolitical sentiments towards China held by Muromachi noh artists and audiences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781498520584
• ISBN-10: 1498520588
• Artikelnr.: 44474576

Autorenporträt

Leo Shingchi Yip is associate professor of Japanese studies at Gettysburg College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Locating China in Noh: The Evolving Dynamics of the Other and the Self Chapter 1 - The "Auspicious Other": Celebrating with Chinese Deities in Sei
bo, T
b
saku, and Tsurukame Chapter 2 - The "Sympathized Other" and the "Distanced Self": Recasting Legendary Chinese Beauties in Sh
kun and Y
kihi Chapter 3 - The "Exotic Other": The Spectacular China in Shakky
and Ry
ko Chapter 4 - The "Destructive Other": Threats from China in Haku Rakuten and Zegai Chapter 5 - The "Harmonious Other" and the "United Self": The Socially and Religiously Unified Chinese in Sansh
and T
sen Conclusion - Reinterpreting China, Reinventing China