Louder and Faster : Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko / Deborah Wong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Deborah, Author.

Series:

American crossroads ; 55.

American Crossroads ; 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taiko (Drum ensemble)--United States--History.

Taiko (Drum ensemble).

Asian American musicians.

Japanese American musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : PDF, digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland University of California Press 2019

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Video and Audio Examples

Introduction

Transition: Don

1. Looking, Listening, and Moving

2. Inventories: The Material Culture of Taiko

Transition: She Dances on a Taiko

3. Dancing the Body Politic

Transition: Unison and Circles

4. Good Gigs, Bad Gigs: Drumming between Hope and Anger

5. Taiko, Erotics, and Anger

Transition: From My Journal-Learning and Playing "Miyake," May 8, 2006

6. Pain and the Body Politic: Taiko Players Talk about Blisters and More

7. Cruising the Pac Rim: Driven to Thrill

Transition: How to Leave a Taiko Group

Conclusion: Core Values

Notes

Acknowledgments

Glossary

References

American Crossroads

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780520304529

0520304527

OCLC:

1081370659

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access