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