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Performing transgression : crowds and bodies in Heian Japan /

"What happens when performance defies social and political boundaries? Performing Transgression offers a new cultural history of non-elite spectacle in Heian Japan (794-1185), uncovering how performances on the margins-boisterous dengaku music and dance, daring sangaku acrobatics, and the infec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazarus, Ashton, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2026]
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 482.
Subjects:
Dengaku > Japan > History.
Crowds > Political aspects > Japan > History.
Human body > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Kagura > Japan > History.
Dance > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Music > Social aspects > Japan > History.
Rites and ceremonies > Japan > History.
Japan > Social life and customs > 794-1185.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire.
Danse > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 794-1185.
Dengaku > Japon > Histoire.
Foules > Aspect politique > Japon > Histoire.
Kagura > Japon > Histoire.
Musique > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire.
Crowds
Dance > Social aspects > History.
Dengaku > History.
Human body > Social aspects
Kagura
Music > Social aspects
Rites and ceremonies > History.
Japan
794-1185

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