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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 504 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-500) |
| ISBN: | 9780061228483 0061228486 |