Săpunaru Tămaș, Carmen
University of Hyogo
Japan
Carmen Săpunaru Tămaș is a Romanian anthropologist whose research focuses on the relationship between Japanese myths and contemporary society. She has done extensive work on Japanese festivals as the stage of re-enacted myths, as well as the relationship between drag performances and ritual laughter. Details on her work can be found here: carmentamas.com
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ArticlesTaishū engeki—Entertainment for the Masses? What do a highway robber, a samurai, and a geisha have in common? They are all played by the same actor, often at the same time, in an incredible flurry of costume change, in a contemporary form of Japanese theatre called taishū engeki. Taishū engeki,...Read more
