Angura


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"Author David G. Goodman illuminates the theatrical movement for which these posters were created, provides a brief history of modern Japanese graphic design, and describes both the posters themselves and the artists who created them."--BOOK JACKET.




Theorizing the Angura Space


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This book sheds light on Japan’s underground theatre in a time of its most intense, creative and original productions, viz. 1960-2000, investigating the interrelationship of aesthetics and politics in the period 1960-2000. The first history of avant-garde theatre in Japan.




Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre: A-N


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Surveys traditional and contemporary Asian theatre through hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors.







The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama


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"The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama covers the period from 1860 to the present. ... The distinctive feature of this encyclopedia is the emphasis it places on the cultural context of dramatic works and their authors."--Preface.







TDR.


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Half a Century of Japanese Theater IX; 1990s Part 3


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"The plays in this collection reflect, in a sense, the 'present moment' of Japan's society and theater as seen in the context of the past ten years. Many of them portray a microcosm--the small-scale world of the individual and his or her surroundings. However, they cannot be categorized as domestic drama or drama of passion." --from the Foreword by Sakate Yoji, president of the Japan Playwrights Association




Crucible Bodies


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'Crucible Bodies' is a study of Japanese performance culture. It covers a range of historical and theoretical topics, from Brecht in Japan to 'children's' bodies in postmodern Japanese performances, from the notion of beauty in contemporary cultural theory to practical and theoretical readings of recent intercultural performances.




Nigerian Monthly Law Reports


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Decisions of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the High Courts of Lagos, Eastern, Midwestern, Western, and Northern Nigeria.