Frozen Moments
by Leiter, Samuel L.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-12-01
Publisher(s): Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Other versions by this Author
List Price: $25.00
Buy New
Usually Ships in 8 - 10 Business Days.
$23.75
Rent Textbook
Select for Price
Used Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
eTextbook
We're Sorry
Not Available
Author Biography
Samuel L. Leiter is Broeklundian Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and is also on the faculty of the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is editor of Asian Theatre Journal and has published many previous books.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| List of Illustrations | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Actors | |
| Four Interviews with Kabuki Actors | p. 11 |
| Ichikawa Danjuro XI: A Life in Kabuki | p. 32 |
| Parallel Lives: Sir Henry Irving and Ichikawa Danjuro IX | p. 44 |
| Performance | |
| The Frozen Moment: A Kabuki Technique | p. 59 |
| Keren: Spectacle and Trickery in Kabuki Acting | p. 74 |
| What Really Happens Backstage: A Nineteenth-Century Kabuki Document | p. 92 |
| Beautiful Cruelty: Suicide, Murder, Torture, and Combat on the Kabuki Stage | p. 110 |
| Female-Role Specialization in Kabuki: How Real is Real? | p. 147 |
| Kumagai Jinya: Form and Tradition in Kabuki Acting | p. 157 |
| Authentic Kabuki: American Style | p. 183 |
| Terakoya at Brooklyn College | p. 193 |
| Theatres | |
| Suwa Haruo's "The Birth of the Hanamichi" | p. 205 |
| The Kanamaru-za: Japan's Oldest Kabuki Theatre | p. 231 |
| Gimme that Old-Time Kabuki: Japan's Rural Theatre Landscape | p. 257 |
| History | |
| From the London Patents to the Edo Sanza: A Partial Comparison of the British Stage and Kabuki, ca. 1650-1800 | p. 297 |
| Glossary | p. 321 |
| Bibliography | p. 333 |
| Index | p. 341 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.
This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.
By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.
Digital License
You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.
More details can be found here.
A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.
Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.
Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.