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Zusatztext "Bender’s straightforward prose, his focus on issues of gender, race, locality and nationalism, and his avoidance of musical minutiae make the book inviting to a general readership and an excellent text for undergraduate classes on Japanese culture... [Taiko Boom] is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this genre and what it means for Japan.” Informationen zum Autor Shawn Bender is a Cultural Anthropologist and Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at Dickinson College. Klappentext "Thought-provoking! informative and fresh! Bender's multi-faceted ethnomusicology of taiko promises to endure as the definitive scholarship on the topic for some time to come." -E. Taylor Atkins! author of Blue Nippon "Immensely readable! unique and thoughtful! Taiko Boom is a must-have for anyone interested in taiko ! and there are many--it's difficult to overstate the explosion in popularity taiko has experienced globally. Flashy and powerful! it's unlike any other music. Bender presents here the first thorough look at this art form in Japan! detailing the origins and meaning of this style." - Jennifer Milioto Matsue! Associate Professor of Music! Asian Studies and Anthropology at Union College Zusammenfassung 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. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Translation! Japanese Names! and Romanization Introduction Part One. The Emergence and Popularization of Taiko 1. Taiko Drums and Taiko Drum Makers 2. Genealogies of Taiko I: Osuwa Daiko! Sukeroku Daiko! Ondekoza 3. Genealogies of Taiko II: Ondekoza to Kodo 4. Placing Ensemble Taiko in Japan: Festival Creation and the Taiko Boom Part Two. Discourses of Contemporary Taiko 5. (Dis)Locating Drumming: Taiko Training! Embodiment! and the Aesthetics of Race and Place 6. Woman Unbound? Body and Gender in Japanese Taiko 7. The Sound of Militarism? New Texts! Old Nationalism! and the Disembodiment of Taiko Technique Epilogue: Taiko at Home and Abroad Notes References Index ...
