Louder and Faster : Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko / / Deborah Wong

• Autore: Wong Deborah
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, : University of California Press, 2019; Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : PDF, digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 786.9089956073
• Soggetto topico: Taiko (Drum ensemble) - United States - History; Asian American musicians; Japanese American musicians; Music; Society & social sciences
• Soggetto non controllato: asian american presence; asian american taiko; bodies; costumes; cultural; drums; gender politics of taiko; japanese american internment; legacies of imperialism; music and performance as antiracist practice; originated in japan; study of asian american taiko; taiko growth in southern california; thundering athletic drumming tradition; vivid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 has witnessed cultural and demographic changes and the exponential growth and expansion of taiko particularly in Southern California. Through her participatory ethnographic work, she reveals a complicated story embedded in memories of Japanese American internment and legacies of imperialism, Asian American identity and politics, a desire to be seen and heard, and the intersection of culture and global capitalism. Exploring the materialities of the drums, costumes, and bodies that make sound, analyzing the relationship of these to capitalist multiculturalism, and investigating the gender politics of taiko, Louder and Faster considers both the promises and pitfalls of music and performance as an antiracist practice. The result is a vivid glimpse of an Asian American presence that is both loud and fragile.
• Titolo autorizzato: Louder and Faster
• ISBN: 0-520-30452-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996312639103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: American crossroads ; ; 55.