Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan - A Passionate Search for Self-Expression

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through their art- to assert one's creativity, passion, and self-expression-establishing it as an art form. This ethnographic survey contextualizes a shift in the Japanese jazz world over the last thirty years.

Sommario

Introduction
1. Jazz Clubs at the Heart of Japanese Jazz Making
2: A Passionate Choice for Jazz: Escaping One's Social Destiny
3. Two Paths towards Self-expression
4. The Paradoxical Feminization of Japanese Jazz
Conclusion

Info autore

Marie Buscatto is Full Professor in Sociology at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in France.

Riassunto

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through their art— to assert one’s creativity, passion, and self-expression—establishing it as an art form. This ethnographic survey contextualizes a shift in the Japanese jazz world over the last thirty years.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marie Buscatto, Marie (University of Paris 1 Pantheon So Buscatto
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032603872
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260387-2
• Pagine: 154
• Serie: Transnational Studies in Jazz
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Jazz, Japan, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, Popular Music