ノダ マナブ   Noda Manabu
  野田 学
   所属   明治大学  文学部
   職種   専任教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2021/09
形態種別 書籍掲載論文
招待論文 招待あり
標題 Seen from Close-up in the Distance: Shibuya as a bubble downtown
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 Okada Toshiki & Japanese Theatre, ed. by Peter Eckersall, et al.
掲載区分国外
出版社・発行元 Performance Research Books
巻・号・頁 pp.87-95
総ページ数 269
担当区分 責任著者
概要 In the 1980s, Shibuya’s downtown became the top-notch commercial centre providing the edgiest model for Japan’s consumerist culture in the midst of the economic boom. However, during the economically stagnant decades that ensued, Shibuya gradually lost its hold on its status as the trendiest fashion and culture centre, parts of its downtown now rife with kitsch teenagers and heavily acid nightclub frequenters. After a historical and geographical glance at the postwar Shibuya as well as recent urban sociologists' views, the paper discusses how Shibuya is looked back upon after its most glorious years by examining Okada Toshiki's Sangatsu-no Itsukakan (Five Days in March) and Iwamatsu Ryo's Shibuyaka-kara Toku Hanarete (Far Away from Shibuya), both premiered in 2004. The plays stage Shibuya in the early 2000s, revealing its underbelly and evoking its postwar history at the same time.