Puppets of nostalgia
Jane Marie Law
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Puppets of nostalgia
Published
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pages
338
ISBN-13
9781322886039
Description
Jane Marie Law describes the "life, death, and rebirth" of awaji ningyo shibai, the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes and to keep dangerous spiritual forces properly channeled and appeased. Law conducted fieldwork on Awaji, located in Japan's Inland Sea, over a ten-year period. In addition to being a detailed history and ethnography of this ritual tradition, Law's work is, at a theoretical level, a study of the process and meaning of tradition formation, reformation, invention, and revitalization. It will interest scholars in a number of fields, including the history of religions, anthropology, cultural studies, ritual and theater studies, Japanese studies, and social history. Focusing on the puppetry tradition of Awaji Island, Puppets of Nostalgia describes the activities of the island's ritual puppeteers and includes the first English translation of their performance texts and detailed descriptions of their rites. Because the author has lived on Awaji for extended periods of research, the work includes fine attention to local detail and nuanced readings of religious currents in Japan that affect popular religious expression.
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This edition of Puppets of nostalgia has approximately 338 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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Who is the author of Puppets of nostalgia?
Puppets of nostalgia was written by Jane Marie Law.
When was Puppets of nostalgia published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2015. The original work may have been published on a different date.