Abstract:How should we understand performance's role in shaping gendered desires? I theorize how masculinity is managed through nō performance by examining how fraternal bonds depend upon particular forms of theatricality to thrive. In the play Dōjōji, especially, the aspiring professional actor's virtuosity relies on a feminine protagonist's riveting display of physical restraint. I consider how this spectacle functions within two overlapping homosocial spheres: the all-male temple community depicted in Dōjōji and the overwhelmingly male community of professional nō actors for which Dōjōji serves as an initiation. I read the play allegorically to theorize "spectacular discipline," a distinctive form of virtuosic restraint that bridges these two spheres and enthralls viewers in part by sublimating subjection. I argue that transgressive femininity proves serviceable to patriarchal regimes operating both onstage and off.

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渴望壮观的纪律：野心道场的抱负、兄弟般的焦虑和克制的魅力

摘要：我们应该如何理解表演在塑造性别欲望中的作用？我通过研究兄弟情谊如何依赖特定形式的戏剧性来蓬勃发展，从而对男性气质如何通过无表演进行管理进行理论化。尤其是在戏剧《道成寺》中，这位有抱负的职业演员的精湛技艺依赖于女性主人公对身体克制的引人入胜的表现。我考虑了这种奇观如何在两个重叠的同性社会领域发挥作用：道成寺描绘的全男性寺庙社区和道成寺作为启蒙的绝大多数男性专业演员社区。我用寓言的方式阅读了这部剧，以将“壮观的纪律”理论化，这是一种独特的艺术克制形式，它在这两个领域之间架起了一座桥梁，并在某种程度上通过升华臣服来吸引观众。