Louder and faster : pain, joy, and the body politic in Asian American taiko /

Louder and faster : pain, joy, and the body politic in Asian American taiko /

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Author / Creator:	Wong, Deborah Anne, author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	American Crossroads ; 55 American crossroads ; 55.
Subject:	Taiko (Drum ensemble) -- United States -- History. Asian American musicians. Japanese American musicians. Asian American musicians. Japanese American musicians. Taiko (Drum ensemble) United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11981085

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ISBN:	9780520973152 0520973151 9780520304529 0520304527 9780520304529
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	"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"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Wong, Deborah Anne. Louder and faster. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520304529
Standard no.:	10.1525/luminos.71

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Summary:	2020 Alan Merriam Prize for Best Book Published in Ethnomusicology, Society for Ethnomusicology <br> <br> <br> <br> A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org .<br> <br> <br> <br> Lo ud er and Fa ste r 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520973152 0520973151 9780520304529 0520304527