Diva Nation
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Diva Nation

Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Diva Nation

Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History

About this book

Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, tracing how she has been offered up for emulation, debate or censure. The research in this book culminates from curiosity over the insistent presence of Japanese female figures who have refused to sit quietly on the sidelines of history. The contributors move beyond archival portraits to consider historically and culturally informed diva imagery and diva lore. The diva is ripe for expansion, fantasy, eroticization, and playful reinvention, while simultaneously presenting a challenge to patriarchal culture. Diva Nation asks how the diva disrupts or bolsters ideas about nationhood, morality, and aesthetics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Diva Nation
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface: Transnational and Time-Travelling Divas
  9. Diva Seductions: An Introduction to Diva Nation
  10. 1. Kirino Natsuo Meets Izanami: Angry Divas Talking Back
  11. 2. Ame no Uzume Crosses Boundaries
  12. 3. Searching for Charisma Queen Himiko
  13. 4. Izumo no Okuni Queers the Stage
  14. 5. From Child Star to Diva: Misora Hibari as Postwar Japan
  15. 6. Yoko Ono: A Transgressive Diva
  16. 7. Transbeauty IKKO: A Diva’s Guide to Glamour, Virtue, and Healing
  17. 8. Seizing the Spotlight, Staging the Self: Uchida Shungiku
  18. 9. The Unmaking of a Diva: Kanehara Hitomi’s Comfortable Anonymity
  19. 10. Ice Princess: Asada Mao the Demure Diva
  20. Afterword: Diva tte nan desu ka? (What Is a Diva?)
  21. Bibliography
  22. Contributors
  23. Index