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Author Yip, Leo Shingchi, author

Title China reinterpreted : staging the Other in Muromachi Noh theater / Leo Shingchi Yip
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The "Auspicious Other"; Chapter Two: The "Sympathized Other" and the "Distanced Self"; Chapter Three: The "Exotic Other"; Chapter Four: The "Destructive Other"; Chapter Five: The "Harmonious Other" and the "United Self"; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary This book is a comprehensive study of Chinese figures and motifs in medieval Japanese noh theater. It explores the images of China and their implications constructed in the so-called "karagoto-mono" (Chinese plays) that reflect the artistic preferences, as well as the cultural and sociopolitical sentiments towards China held by Muromachi noh artists and audiences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Nō.
Nō plays -- History and criticism -- Chinese influences
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Theater -- Japan -- History -- 15th century
Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Theater.
Japan.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021677818
ISBN 9781498520607
149852060X
9781498520607