Performing Female Intimacy in Japan's Takarazuka Revue

Name: Performing Female Intimacy in Japan's Takarazuka Revue
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Nobuko Anan

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue is arguably the most commercially successful all-female theatre company in the world. Renowned for its glamour-laden staging of musicals and revues, the company's signature shows are heterosexual Western romances where women play both male and female roles. Since its audience consists almost entirely of women, Takarazuka creates a space for queer intimacy between performers and ardent female fans. This Element analyses the recent experimental show, The Poe Clan, directed by Koike Sh¿ichir¿, which portrays a male homoerotic relationship, argued as a façade for a queer, kin-like relationship between women. It also explores works by the female director Ueda Kumiko, which depict an anti-capitalist shared commons for female intimacy. These shows exhibit resistant girls' aesthetics, expressed in the company's two-dimensional performance style.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 68
Release Date:: 2025-08-28
Publication Date:: 2025-08-04
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1009554980
ISBN13:: 9781009554985
Weight:: 114 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 4 cm

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