Loren Edelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 976677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loren Edelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loren |
| FAMILY NAME | Edelson |
| SIGNATURE | EDELSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Danjuro's Girls
Danjuro ' s Girls is a fascinating history of Japan's female kabuki troupes, offering a penetrating investigation into three generations of kabuki actresses associated with the renowned Ichikawa Danju
The Female Danjūrō
Ichikawa Kumehachi (1846?–1913) is best remembered in the history of Japanese theater as the first female disciple of the renowned kabuki actor and head of the Naritaya house, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX. This article reconsiders the complex relationship of these two important actors, arguing that Kumehachi's career cannot be reduced simply to her association with Danjūrō. Although she received intangible benefits from this prestigious connection, her ca…
Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies
Reviewed by: Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female Likeness Loren Edelson Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female Likeness. By Katherine Mezur . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; pp. xiii + 319. $55.00 cloth. Of all the performative aspects of the kabuki theatre, none has generated more attention and fascination than the onnagata, the male player of female roles. Writing in 1888, the political theorist Fukuzawa Y…
Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance (review)
Reviewed by: Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance Loren Edelson Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance. Edited by David Jortner, Keiko McDonald, and Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006; pp. xix + 294, $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. Why is there a picture of a nô actor on the cover of a book that professes to be about modern Japanese theatre and performance? This baffled me until further reading clarified that the picture was …
Briefly noted
Modern Girls, Shining Stars, The Skies of Tokyo 5 Japanese Women. By Phyllis Birnbaum. 1999. New York: Columbia University Press. Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future. Kumiko Fujimura‐Fanselow and Atsuko Kameda, eds. 1995. New York: Feminist Press, City University of New York. The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre. By Senda Akihiko. Translated by J. Thomas Rimer. 1997. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Pre…
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Briefly noted
Modern Girls, Shining Stars, The Skies of Tokyo 5 Japanese Women. By Phyllis Birnbaum. 1999. New York: Columbia University Press. Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future. Kumiko Fujimura‐Fanselow and Atsuko Kameda, eds. 1995. New York: Feminist Press, City University of New York. The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre. By Senda Akihiko. Translated by J. Thomas Rimer. 1997. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Pre…
The journey continues
Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies
Reviewed by: Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female Likeness Loren Edelson Beautiful Boys / Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female Likeness. By Katherine Mezur . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; pp. xiii + 319. $55.00 cloth. Of all the performative aspects of the kabuki theatre, none has generated more attention and fascination than the onnagata, the male player of female roles. Writing in 1888, the political theorist Fukuzawa Y…
Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance (review)
Reviewed by: Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance Loren Edelson Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance. Edited by David Jortner, Keiko McDonald, and Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006; pp. xix + 294, $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. Why is there a picture of a nô actor on the cover of a book that professes to be about modern Japanese theatre and performance? This baffled me until further reading clarified that the picture was …
The Female Danjūrō
Ichikawa Kumehachi (1846?–1913) is best remembered in the history of Japanese theater as the first female disciple of the renowned kabuki actor and head of the Naritaya house, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX. This article reconsiders the complex relationship of these two important actors, arguing that Kumehachi's career cannot be reduced simply to her association with Danjūrō. Although she received intangible benefits from this prestigious connection, her ca…
Danjuro's Girls
Danjuro ' s Girls is a fascinating history of Japan's female kabuki troupes, offering a penetrating investigation into three generations of kabuki actresses associated with the renowned Ichikawa Danju
Art (5 works) · Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Kabuki (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works)