Acting Like a Woman

Acting like a woman does not come naturally. It has to be taught, learned, rehearsed, and repeated. It does not arise from a moment of inspiration, but from many years of persistent inculcation. In an acting woman, the cultural and social desires of an age are concentrated, molding her every gesture, every glance. In turn, her movements and words, watched and heard, applauded and critiqued, enforce and revise those desires. Of all acting women, it is the professional actress who most clearly embodies the fantasies and fears of the age. Hence, at the most general level, this book is about acting like a woman in modern Japan, while at the most specific level it is about two actresses who were pioneers in channeling and shaping new desires in a rapidly changing society.1

Aesthetics · Art · Gesture · Linguistics · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies

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  James Reichert•positions asia critique•2014

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• Precursors and Unruly Vanguards

  Open Access•Katherine Mezur•Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies•2005

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• Vested Interests

  Marjorie B Garber, Marjorie Garber•Vested Interests•1997

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• Voices of the Past

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• Yoshiwara

  Cecilia Segawa Seigle•Yoshiwara•1993

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• The National Stage

  Susan M Manning, Susan Manning et al.•TDR/The Drama Review•1994

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• Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s

  Jacob Raz, David G Goodman•Monumenta Nipponica•1989

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• TakarazukaSexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan

  Jennifer Robertson•Takarazuka•1998

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• Bernhardt, Terry, Duse

  Sarah J Rudolph, John Stokes et al.•Theatre Journal•1989

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