ISBN:
9780754658573
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 143 S.
,
Notenbeisp.
Series Statement:
SOAS musicology series
DDC:
792.702/80952
Keywords:
Geishas
;
Music / Instruction and study / Japan
;
Music / Social aspects / Japan
;
Gesellschaft
;
Musik
;
Geishas
;
Music Instruction and study
;
Music Social aspects
;
Erotik
;
Musik
;
Musikalische Aufführungspraxis
;
Geisha
;
Geisha
;
Musikalische Aufführungspraxis
;
Geisha
;
Musik
;
Erotik
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Introduction. The geisha myths ; Persistence of the geisha-girl fantasy : gei at the periphery -- Repertoire and training. The musical repertoire of geisha ; Dedication to gei : training and musical transmission -- Geisha perfomances and how they are constructed : female performances in Japan, and the development of the urban theater traditions. The public stage performances ; The private performances : ozashiki and enkai -- Geisha and traditional arts society. Traditional music in modern Japan ; The dedication to ryu and iemoto ; The dilemma of multi-disciplinarity ; The question of a geisha musical style -- Entertainer vs. artist : patronage and the negotiation of identity. Financial burdens of the geisha ; Financing a professional arts career, and alternative strategies of patronage for geisha ; Artistic collaborations between geisha and patrons ; Contemporary barriers to arts patronage in the karyukai ; Why entertainers would not need ryu -- Understanding geisha and gei : eroticism through ambiguity ; The interconnectedness of geisha, liminas, play and the erotic ; The suggestiveness of iki as liminal eroticism
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007014789.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007014789.html
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