Angela K Ahlgren

Drumming Asian America

Taiko, Performance, and Cultural Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Taiko is a dynamic form of drumming that originated in 1950s Japan and inspired Japanese Americans in the 1960s. Through interviews, historical research, and the author's taiko experience, Drumming Asian America connects taiko with Asian American politics, arguing that taiko players of many identities perform Asian America on and off stage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780199374021
• ISBN-10: 0199374023
• Artikelnr.: 50095998

Autorenporträt

Angela K. Ahlgren is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, where she teaches Theater History and Performance Studies and advises a collegiate taiko group. She is affiliated with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Culture Studies at BGSU.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* 1. Introduction: Drumming Asian America, Performing Cultural Politics
* 2. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American
Movements
* 3. Taiko Scenarios: Performing Asian America in the Land of 10,000
Lakes
* 4. Practicing Ambivalence: White and Black Women in Asian American
Performance
* 5. Butch Bodies, Big Drums: Queering North American Taiko
* 6. Conclusion: "This Occasion Needs Context"
* Appendix A: List of Interviews by the Author
* Appendix B: List of Life History Interview Transcripts Consulted
* Notes
* Selected Bibliography
* Index