{"product_id":"puppets-of-nostalgia-jane-marie-law-9780691633756","title":"Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji Ningy\u0026#333; Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePuppets of Nostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the \"life, death, and rebirth\" of \u003ci\u003eawaji ningyo shibai\u003c\/i\u003e, the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes and to keep dangerous spiritual forces properly channeled and appeased. Law conducted fieldwork on Awaji, located in Japan's Inland Sea, over a ten-year period. In addition to being a detailed history and ethnography of this ritual tradition, Law's work is, at a theoretical level, a study of the process and meaning of tradition formation, reformation, invention, and revitalization. It will interest scholars in a number of fields, including the history of religions, anthropology, cultural studies, ritual and theater studies, Japanese studies, and social history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the puppetry tradition of Awaji Island, \u003ci\u003ePuppets of Nostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e describes the activities of the island's ritual puppeteers and includes the first English translation of their performance texts and detailed descriptions of their rites. Because the author has lived on Awaji during extended periods of research, the work includes fine attention to local detail and nuanced readings of religious currents in Japan that affect popular religious expression. Illustrated throughout with rare photographs, the book provides an in-depth view of a four-hundred-year-old tradition never so thoroughly revealed to Western readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1997. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Marie Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691633754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691633756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Jane Marie Law","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120051515647,"sku":"9780691633756","price":142.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c9aa2ef-4054-4520-9089-06c639a3d04d.jpg?v=1687412306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/puppets-of-nostalgia-jane-marie-law-9780691633756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}