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 figurines

By William T. Vollmann

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Publish Date

2010

Publisher

Ecco

Language

eng

Pages

504

Description:

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.

subjects: Women in the theater, Gender identity in the theater, Nō, Geishas, Sex role in the theater, Femininity, Feminine beauty (Aesthetics), Kabuki, Social aspects, Transgender people, Theater, japan

Places: Japan