Baird Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh

Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-01262-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 293 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Hijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and serene. Since then, though interest has grown exponentially, and people all over the world are drawn to butoh's ability to enact paradox and contradiction, audiences are less knowledgeable about the contributions and innovations of the founder of butoh. Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh traces the rollicking history of the creation and initial maturation of butoh, and locates Hijikata's performances within the intellectual, cultural, and economic ferment of Japan from the sixties to the eighties.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baird, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: And, And, And  

Outline of the Book  

Forbidden Eros and Evading Force: Hijikata's Early Years  

A Story of Dances that Sustain Enigma  

Pivoting Panels and Slashing Space: Rebellion and Identity  

My Mother Tied Me on Her Back:
Story of Smallpox
  

The Possibility Body: Embodying the Other, Negotiating the World  

Metaphorical Miscegenation in Memoirs: Hijikata Tatsumi in the Information Age  

Epilogue: The Emaciated Body in the World

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Baird is Assistant Professor of Asian Language and Literature at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA.