| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations |
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Asia-local studies/global themes |
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Asia--local studies/global themes
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| Contents |
The emergence and popularization of taiko. Taiko drums and taiko drum makers ; Genealogies of taiko I : Osuwa Daiko, Sukeroku Daiko, Ondekoza ; Genealogies of taiko II : Ondekoza to Kodo ; Placing ensemble taiko in Japan : festival creation and the taiko boom -- Discourses of contemporary taiko. (Dis)locating drumming: taiko training, embodiment, and the aesthetics of race and place ; Woman unbound : body and gender in Japanese taiko ; The sound of militarism : new texts, old nationalism, and the disembodiment of taiko technique |
| Summary |
With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among taiko groups in Japan, Taiko Boom explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades of rapid economic growth in Japan's cities and countryside. Building on the insights of globalization studies, the book argues that taiko developed within and has come to express ne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Taiko -- Japan -- History
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Taiko (Drum ensemble) -- Japan -- History
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Music -- Japan.
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Musical instruments -- Japan.
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Percussion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Music.
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Manners and customs
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Music
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Musical instruments
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Taiko
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Taiko (Drum ensemble)
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Aktionskunst
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Schlagzeugspiel
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Taiko.
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Music.
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Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
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Music History & Criticism, Instrumental.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
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| Subject |
Japan
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012010917 |
| ISBN |
9780520951433 |
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0520951433 |
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1280781378 |
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9781280781377 |
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9786613691767 |
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6613691763 |
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