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onnagata: a standalone construct

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onnagata1 CONSTRUCTOnnagataMEZUR · ASIAN THEATRE

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Asian theatre

male kabuki actors who specialise in female roles, creating a stylised female-likeness through body and technique.

In Asian theatre, onnagata refers to male kabuki actors who specialise in female roles, creating a stylised female-likeness through body and technique. This meaning comes from Mezur (2005) in Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructskabuki1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

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  1. Mezur, K. (2005). Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies. Palgrave Macmillan Limited. ISBN 9781349529919

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