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Japanese women, class and the tea ceremony : the voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan / / Kaeko Chiba



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Autore: Chiba Kaeko Visualizza persona
Titolo: Japanese women, class and the tea ceremony : the voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan / / Kaeko Chiba Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
Disciplina: 305.40952
Soggetto topico: Japanese tea ceremony - Ura Senke school
Women - Japan - Social conditions
Japanese tea masters - Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Identity work; 3 Time, space and the experience of chado; 4 Bourdieu's theory of capital and discourses on class; 5 Gender; 6 Class; 7 Raison d'être; Appendix A: Interviewees' and informants' background; Appendix B: Akita city; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chad?) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chad? system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu's idea of cultural capital, it explores the various meanings of chad? for Akita women and argues that chad? has a cultural, economic, social and symbolic value and is used as a tool to improve gender and class equality. Chad? practitioners focus on tea procedu
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ISBN: 1-136-93922-9
1-136-93923-7
1-282-78143-X
9786612781438
0-203-84714-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459905103321
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Serie: Japan anthropology workshop series.