Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony - The Voices of Tea Practitioners in Northern Japan

Informationen zum Autor Kaeko Chiba is a postdoctoral fellow of the Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives, Akita International University, and holds an associate professor (Jyun-Kyojyu) certificate from the Urasenke tea school in Japan. Klappentext This book examines the complex relationship between gender and class among Japanese tea ceremony (chad¿) practitioners in Japan. It argues that chad¿ has a cultural, economic, social and symbolic value and is used as a tool to improve gender and class equality. Zusammenfassung This book examines the complex relationship between gender and class among Japanese tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan. It argues that chado has a cultural, economic, social and symbolic value and is used as a tool to improve gender and class equality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kaeko Chiba, Kaeko (Akita International University Chiba, Chiba Kaeko
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 29.01.2013
• EAN: 9780415837927
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83792-7
• Seiten: 218
• Serie: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Japan, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Social classes, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General