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Author Wong, Deborah Anne, author.

Title Louder and faster : pain, joy, and the body politic in Asian American taiko / Deborah Wong.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series American Crossroads ; 55
American crossroads ; 55.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Looking, listening, and moving -- Inventories : the material culture of taiko -- Dancing the body politic : obon and bon-odori -- Good gigs, bad gigs : drumming between hope and anger -- Taiko, erotics, and anger -- Pain and the body politic : taiko players talk about blisters and more -- Cruising the Pac Rim : driven to thrill -- Conclusions : core values.
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher.
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Language English.
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Taiko (Drum ensemble) -- United States -- History.
Asian American musicians.
Japanese American musicians.
Taiko (Ensemble de tambours) -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Musiciens américains d'origine japonaise.
Music.
Society & social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Asian American musicians
Japanese American musicians
Taiko (Drum ensemble)
United States
Indexed Term 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.
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Wong, Deborah Anne. Louder and faster. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520304529 (DLC) 2018058632
ISBN 0520973151
0520304527
9780520304529
9780520973152 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 10.1525/luminos.71 doi
AU@ 000066208615
AU@ 000069205343
AU@ 000066189724

 
    
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