Lorie Brau

Rakugo (eBook, ePUB)

Performing Comedy and Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Tokyo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to the theatrical art of comic storytelling that originated in the Edo period, Rakugo sheds light on Japanese culture as a whole: its aesthetics, social relations, and learning styles. Enriched with personal anecdotes, Rakugo explicates the art's contemporary performance culture: the image, training and techniques of the storytellers, the venues where they perform, and the role of the audience in sustaining the art. Laurie Brau inquires into how this comic art form participates in the discourse of heritage, serving as a symbol of the Edo culture, while continuing to appeal to Japanese today. Written in an accessible manner, this book is appropriate for all levels of student or researcher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461634102
• Artikelnr.: 39488013

Autorenporträt

Lorie Brau is assistant professor of Japanese in the department of foreign languages and literatures at the University of New Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter I: Ethnographer as Mummy Hunter
Chapter 3 Chapter II: A Night at the Yose Chapter 4 Chapter III: What Makes
Rakugo Rakugo? Chapter 5 Chapter IV: Wits, Outlaws, Flatterers, and
Antiquarians: Hanashika Heritage Chapter 6 Chapter V: Rehearsing Tradition:
Zenza Apprenticeship and the Hanashika Career Chapter 7 Chapter VI:
Producing Rakugo: Traditional and Alternative Performance Contexts Chapter
8 Chapter VII: Making a Hit with Classical Rakugo Chapter 9 Chapter VIII:
Rakugo Audiences and Fans Chapter 10 Conclusion: Tokyo Rakugo and Heritage