{"product_id":"embodied-performance-janet-goff-9780231212274","title":"Embodied Performance: Warriors, Dancers, and the Origins of Noh Theater","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Matsuoka Shinpei--a leading scholar of noh theater--provides a detailed account of the birth of one of Japan's most celebrated art forms. Although noh has often been associated with the elite, \u003ci\u003eEmbodied Performance\u003c\/i\u003e explores its links to a wider popular culture, revealing a rich and colorful public space where courtiers and commoners mingled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatsuoka traces noh's connections to popular and religious dances, linked verse, and \u003ci\u003echigo\u003c\/i\u003e (beautiful temple boy) culture, emphasizing performance and the body. He describes the world of noh playwright Zeami as well as his views on dramaturgy and performance--and argues that Zeami was once a \u003ci\u003echigo\u003c\/i\u003e. Matsuoka shows how religious rituals and cultural forms like ecstatic dance prayer and plays about demons in hell attracted people on the margins. Such activities, Matsuoka contends, drew on the tension between wild acrobatic movement and corporeal restraint, influencing the development of noh as well as the art of flower arranging and the tea ceremony. Janet Goff's translation makes available in English a classic work of Japanese scholarship that will be invaluable to those interested in medieval Japanese culture, noh, and theatrical practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Goff, Shinpei Matsuoka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231212275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231212274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"Janet Goff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897879355647,"sku":"9780231212274","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51bc7698-ad58-40a3-a710-c266dedf6beb.jpg?v=1721374968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embodied-performance-janet-goff-9780231212274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}