Louder and Faster Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Louder and Faster is a cultural study of the phenomenon of Asian American taiko, the thundering, athletic drumming tradition that originated in Japan. Immersed in the taiko scene for twenty years, Deborah Wong ha...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland
University of California Press
2019
Berkeley, CA : [2019] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | American crossroads ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424438206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contents
- List of Video and Audio Examples
- Introduction
- Transition: Don
- 1. Looking, Listening, and Moving
- 2. Inventories: The Material Culture of Taiko
- Transition: She Dances on a Taiko
- 3. Dancing the Body Politic
- Transition: Unison and Circles
- 4. Good Gigs, Bad Gigs: Drumming between Hope and Anger
- 5. Taiko, Erotics, and Anger
- Transition: From My Journal-Learning and Playing "Miyake," May 8, 2006
- 6. Pain and the Body Politic: Taiko Players Talk about Blisters and More
- 7. Cruising the Pac Rim: Driven to Thrill
- Transition: How to Leave a Taiko Group
- Conclusion: Core Values
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- References
- American Crossroads
- Index
