Preface and Acknowledgments
Note on Textual Conventions
Part One | Fundamentals: Invitation to Labyrinths of Gendering
Introduction: A Labyrinth of Onnagata
1. Geneses of a Maze: Androgyne Fatale
Part Two | Femininity Inside Out: Onnagata Who Pass
2. Denial of Transience: Forfeiting the Androgynous Charm
3. Prescription for Femininity: Onnagata Who Pass
4. Canonization: Creating Onnagata Traditions
5. Femininity in Circulation: Texts in Kabuki, Kabuki in Texts
Part Three | Marginalized Centers: Bodies and Personnel
6. Naturally Disciplined: Moving Real on Procrustean Beds
7. Female Onnagata in the Porous Labyrinth: The Enunciated Femininity and the Enunciating Masculinity
Part Four | Origins of Onnagata: Modern Reformation
8. Toward Contemporary Onnagata: Art in Their Blood
Epilogue: The Journey Continues
Notes
Bibliography
Index