Carcass : The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Japanese Plays /
Carcass takes its name from the Japanese word for dressed carcasses of beef and pork that have been halved along the backbone for meat . It deals with the dignity of being alive as seen through the lives of workers in the meat industry based on interviews and research. It won the Japan Playwrights A...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Methuen Drama,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Carcass takes its name from the Japanese word for dressed carcasses of beef and pork that have been halved along the backbone for meat . It deals with the dignity of being alive as seen through the lives of workers in the meat industry based on interviews and research. It won the Japan Playwrights Association's 15th New Playwright Award in 2009. Published alongside The Japan Foundation, this collection features five creative and bold plays by some of Japan's most prolific writers of contemporary theatre. Translated into English for the first time, these texts explore a wide range of themes from dystopian ideas of the future to touching domestic tragedies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 pages) |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350278417.00000095 |