{"product_id":"rakugo-lorie-brau-9780739122457","title":"Rakugo: Performing Comedy and Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Tokyo","description":"\u003ci\u003eRakugo\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the storytelling genre of Edo-style \u003ci\u003erakugo\u003c\/i\u003e as performed around the turn of the twenty-first century, focusing on the performers' image, training, and techniques and the art's contexts and audiences. Brau argues that, while storytellers' goal of making a hit with audiences sustains the art's vitality, \u003ci\u003erakugo\u003c\/i\u003e has come to represent something more than simply popular entertainment: it is also regarded as the cultural heritage to which some Japanese may turn in a nostalgic search for identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorie Brau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739122452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739122457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.97w x 0.85d","brand":"Lorie Brau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925831647487,"sku":"9780739122457","price":126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f4cdc4e7-bb28-4820-94df-a39ea7d35c69.jpg?v=1681079624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rakugo-lorie-brau-9780739122457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}