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- Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shuji and Postwar Japan
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
Terayama Shûji (1935–1983) was one of postwar Japan’s most gifted and controversial playwrights/directors. Since his death more than twenty years ago, he has been transformed into a cult hero in Japan. Despite this notoriety, Unspeakable Acts is the first book in any language to analyze the theater of Terayama in depth. It interrogates postwar Japanese culture and theater through the creative work of this unique yet emblematic artist. By situating Terayama in his historical milieu and by using tools derived from Japanese and Western theories of psychoanalysis, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and aesthetics, Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei has woven a sophisticated and provocative study.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-13
- Part I. Performing Terayama / Terayama Performing
- Chapter 4. Tombstones Carved Only of Words
- pp. 153-170
- Part 2. Translations
- The Hunchback of Aomori
- pp. 173-195
- La Marie-Vison (Mink Marie)
- pp. 197-225
- Heretics (Jashūmon)
- pp. 227-261
- Works Cited and Selected Bibliography
- pp. 315-324
- Index to Part I
- pp. 325-333
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824865436
Related ISBN(s)
9780824827960
MARC Record
OCLC
607585223
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No