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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807353003321

Autore

Moore Katrina L.

Titolo

The joy of noh : embodied learning and discipline in urban Japan / / Katrina L. Moore ; cover image, Katrina L. Moore ; production by Jenn Bennett ; marketing by Anne M. Valentine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-5061-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

792.082

Soggetti

N©<U+0085>?

Women in the theater - Japan

Women - Japan - Social conditions

Acting - Study and teaching - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note to Reader""; ""Introduction""; ""Later Life Body-Based Learning Activities""; ""Learning as a Space of Personal and Social Transformation""; ""Fieldwork""; ""Shoulder Drum""; ""Outline of Chapters""; ""Note""; ""Chapter 1. Amateur Noh Practitioners""; ""Brief History of Women in Noh""; ""Amateur Women Practitioners""; ""Keikogoto""; ""The Sumire Kai Noh Group""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2. The Biography of a Noh Teacher""; ""Visiting the Sumire Kai""; ""Singing Near the Rice Paddy""; ""Early Married Life""

""Acquiring Certifications""""Wagamama""; ""Culinary Competence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3. Rituals of Learning""; ""Pedagogy of Dread""; ""Learning to Chant""; ""Lunchtime Camaraderie""; ""Fees""; ""Recitals""; ""Mud Swamp""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""Chapter 4. Peeling Away of Identity""; ""Student Testimonials on the Peeling Away of Identity""; ""Changing Gender Identity""; ""Shedding Status with Identity""; ""Letting Go""; ""No-mind""; ""True Self""; ""Relationship to Noh Training""; ""Learn with Your Body""; ""The Value of Noh in Later Life""; ""Succession""



""Perpetual Striving""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5. Acceptance""; ""Scrubbing the Moss""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Transformative Power of Learning""; ""Glossary of Noh Terms""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""