Performing Japan

Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Identity

Edited by Henry Johnson, University of Otago, and Jerry C. Jaffe, University of Otago

For the first time, using an interdisciplinary, theoretical and ethnographic approach, the editors have brought together a rich collection of current research on contemporary Japanese performance practices. Topics covered include theatre, music, art, fashion and technology, media, architecture and tourism. Well illustrated, Performing Japan will provide added-value in introductory courses on the Japanese language, history, or culture, as well as Asian Studies in general. In addition, it offers valuable comparative references in the context of theatre, music and dance classes which either introduce Japanese forms or focus entirely on the performing traditions of Japan. The fourteen contributors include Joy hendry, Roy Starrs, Peter Eckersall, Kimi Coaldrake, Henry Johnson and Jerry C. Jaffe.

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Volume Editor:

Henry Johnson

Jerry C. Jaffe

Category:

Asian Studies - Japan

BIC2:

Japan, The arts: general issues

ISBN13:

9781905246311

Publication Year:

2008

Edition info:

Version:

Hardback

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

324 pp.

Imprint:

Global Oriental

Language:

English

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Biographical note

Henry Johnson is Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he teaches ethnomusicology, Asian studies and performing arts studies. His recent publications include The Koto: A Traditional Instrument in Contemporary Japan (2004) and Asia in the Making of New Zealand (2006).

Jerry C. Jaffe is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is also Programme Coordinator of the university’s Performing Arts Studies Programme. He has previously published in the areas of Japanese culture and performance studies in journals such as Theatre Annual.

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College/higher education

Foreword; List of Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART I: Tradition and Transformation; 1 Ink Traces of the Dancing Calligraphers: Zen-Ei Sho in Japan Today; 2 Taiko Today: Performing Soundscapes, Landscapes and Identities; 3 Miki's 'Autumn Fantasy' (1980): International, Japanese or Asian?; 4 Beyond the Court: A Challenge to the Gagaku Tradition in the 'Reconstruction Project' of the National Theatre; 5 Spring Day, Stone Age and the Search for an Essential Japan by Koike Hiroshi; PART II: Place and Identity; 6 Shakespeare on Show in Japan: An Anthropological Analysis of Cultural Display; 7 Twenty-First-Century Enjoyment Plaza: Private Space and Contemporary Arts in Mori's World; 8 Performing Identity in Yaeyama: The Case of the Sash; 9 Recontextualizing Eisa: Transformations in Religious, Competition, Festival and Tourism Contexts; PART III: Popular Culture, Technology and Consumerism; 10 Local Performance of Global Sound: More than the Musical in Japanese Hardcore Rock; 11 When is Japanese, Japanese? A Tale of Two Musicians; 12 Internalizing Digital Phenomena: The 'Performing' Body at the Intersection of Japanese Culture and Technology; 13 Rising Sun, Setting Trends: Fashioning Britishness In, and For, Japan; Index

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