TY  - BOOK
N2  - "What is a woman? To what extent is femininity a performance? Writing with the extra-ordinary awareness and endless curiosity that have defined his entire oeuvre, William T. Vollmann takes an in-depth look at the Japanese craft of Noh theater, using the medium as a prism to reveal the conception of beauty itself." "Kissing the Mask explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries."--[book cover]
AB  - "What is a woman? To what extent is femininity a performance? Writing with the extra-ordinary awareness and endless curiosity that have defined his entire oeuvre, William T. Vollmann takes an in-depth look at the Japanese craft of Noh theater, using the medium as a prism to reveal the conception of beauty itself." "Kissing the Mask explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries."--[book cover]
T1  - Kissing the mask :beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, Kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines /
DA  - 2011, c2010.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Vollmann, William T.
ET  - 1st Ecco pbk. ed.
CN  - PN2924.5.N6
CN  - PN2924.5.N6
PB  - Ecco,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2011, c2010.
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: c2010.
ID  - 436507
KW  - Nō.
KW  - Women in the theater
KW  - Gender identity in the theater
KW  - Sex role in the theater
KW  - Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
KW  - Femininity.
KW  - Geishas.
KW  - Kabuki.
SN  - 9780061228490 (pbk.)
SN  - 0061228494 (pbk.)
TI  - Kissing the mask :beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf), transgender women, Kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines /
ER  -