Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries and Venus figures / William T. Vollmann.

Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets of staged femininity and the mystery of perceived and expressed beauty.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Vollmann, William T.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Ecco, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Nō. Women in the theater > Japan. Gender identity in the theater > Japan. Sex role in the theater > Japan. Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) Femininity. Geishas. Kabuki. Transgender people > Social aspects.