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Monomane, Yugen, and Gender in Izutsu and Sotoba Komachi
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 20, Number 2, Fall 2003
- pp. 218-225
- 10.1353/atj.2003.0031
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This essay cites instances of transgender performance in twono plays and analyzes how they deal with issues of gender. Drawing on Judith Butler's gender theory, it attempts to understand the status of gender in these plays within Zeami's aesthetic hierarchy.