Quietude : a musical anthropology of "Korea's Hiroshima" / Joshua D. Pilzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pilzer, Joshua D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese--Korea (South)--Hapch'ŏn-gun--History--20th century.

Japanese.

Music--Social aspects--Korea (South)--Hapch'ŏn-gun.

Music.

Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.

Atomic bomb victims.

Atomic bomb victims--Korea (South).

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Korea (South)--Hapch'ŏn-gun.

World War, 1939-1945.

Children of atomic bomb victims--Korea (South).

Children of atomic bomb victims.

Music--Social aspects.

Refugees.

Japan--Hiroshima-shi.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Hapch'ŏn-gun.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"What can be learned from musically encountering others beyond music? Quietude is an attempt to answer this question, an holistic ethnography of the expressive lives of Korean first and second-generation victims of the atomic bombing of Japan, focused on the everyday arts of living that they employ to make life possible and worthwhile. The book documents the practically unknown history of Korean experiences of the atomic bombs and their aftermath, focused on the large community of victims-former residents of Hiroshima and their children-living in Hapcheon, South Korea. It considers victims' uses of voice, speech, song, and movement in the struggle for national and global recognition, in the ongoing work of negotiating the traumatic past, and in the effort to consolidate and maintain selves and relationships in the present. It attempts to explain the multifaceted atmosphere of quiet that predominates in "Korea's Hiroshima" by focusing on the poetics of endurance, refusal, and self-effacement in the face of discrimination, the atomic experience, and its politicization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. "Koreas Hiroshima"

3. Between Worlds: The Hapcheon Atomic Bomb Victims Welfare Center

4. YiSuyong

5. Baellmyeong

6. The Arts of Institutional Life

7. Hanjeongsun

8. Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pilzer, Joshua D. Quietude.

ISBN:

9780197615096

0197615090

9780197615089

0197615082

OCLC:

1338303325

Publisher Number:

99992925147