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2. Ame no Uzume Crosses Boundaries

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. Preface: Transnational and Time-Travelling Divas xi
  6. Diva Seductions: An Introduction to Diva Nation 1
  7. 1. Kirino Natsuo Meets Izanami: Angry Divas Talking Back 13
  8. 2. Ame no Uzume Crosses Boundaries 34
  9. 3. Searching for Charisma Queen Himiko 51
  10. 4. Izumo no Okuni Queers the Stage 77
  11. 5. From Child Star to Diva: Misora Hibari as Postwar Japan 95
  12. 6. Yoko Ono: A Transgressive Diva 115
  13. 7. Transbeauty IKKO: A Diva’s Guide to Glamour, Virtue, and Healing 133
  14. 8. Seizing the Spotlight, Staging the Self: Uchida Shungiku 151
  15. 9. The Unmaking of a Diva: Kanehara Hitomi’s Comfortable Anonymity 168
  16. 10. Ice Princess: Asada Mao the Demure Diva 185
  17. Afterword: Diva tte nan desu ka? (What Is a Diva?) 203
  18. Bibliography 207
  19. Contributors 229
  20. Index 233
Diva Nation
This chapter is in the book Diva Nation
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520969971-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. Preface: Transnational and Time-Travelling Divas xi
  6. Diva Seductions: An Introduction to Diva Nation 1
  7. 1. Kirino Natsuo Meets Izanami: Angry Divas Talking Back 13
  8. 2. Ame no Uzume Crosses Boundaries 34
  9. 3. Searching for Charisma Queen Himiko 51
  10. 4. Izumo no Okuni Queers the Stage 77
  11. 5. From Child Star to Diva: Misora Hibari as Postwar Japan 95
  12. 6. Yoko Ono: A Transgressive Diva 115
  13. 7. Transbeauty IKKO: A Diva’s Guide to Glamour, Virtue, and Healing 133
  14. 8. Seizing the Spotlight, Staging the Self: Uchida Shungiku 151
  15. 9. The Unmaking of a Diva: Kanehara Hitomi’s Comfortable Anonymity 168
  16. 10. Ice Princess: Asada Mao the Demure Diva 185
  17. Afterword: Diva tte nan desu ka? (What Is a Diva?) 203
  18. Bibliography 207
  19. Contributors 229
  20. Index 233
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