Martial sound : drumming empowerment in diasporic Chinese kung fu and lion dance / Colin P. McGuire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuire, Colin P., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Percussion ensembles--Ontario--Toronto--History and criticism.

Percussion ensembles.

Military music--Ontario--Toronto--History and criticism.

Military music.

Music and dance--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Music and dance.

Music and dance--Ontario--Toronto--Social aspects.

Lion dance--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Lion dance.

Kung fu--Ontario--Toronto--History.

Kung fu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Martial Sound' examines the sound, conceptualization, and function of music in the martial arts traditions of Chinese Canadians. Author Colin McGuire argues that while kung fu practitioners have traditionally used their interdisciplinary performances as a ritual to disperse negative energy for patrons, they now extend that martial function in diaspora to become an empowering performance that challenges a history of race-based discrimination in Canada.

Contents:

Entering the field of music and martial arts

Histories and stories

Layered meanings of Lion Dance

Kung fu apprenticeship and embodiment

Martial sound in motion

Experiencing martial sound in performance

Bringing the past into the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 2, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197775974

0197775977

9780197775950

0197775950

OCLC:

1454051837