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

"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 expans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wong, Deborah Anne (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:	American crossroads ; 55.
Subjects:	Taiko (Drum ensemble) > United States > History. Asian American musicians. Japanese American musicians. Taiko (Ensemble de tambours) > États-Unis > Histoire. Musiciens américains d'origine japonaise. Music. Society & social sciences. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies Taiko (Drum ensemble) United States. asian american presence. asian american taiko. bodies. costumes. cultural. drums. gender politics of taiko. japanese american internment. legacies of imperialism. music and performance as antiracist practice. originated in japan. study of asian american taiko. taiko growth in southern california. thundering athletic drumming tradition. vivid. Electronic books. History.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Looking, listening, and moving
Inventories : the material culture of taiko
Dancing the body politic : obon and bon-odori
Good gigs, bad gigs : drumming between hope and anger
Taiko, erotics, and anger
Pain and the body politic : taiko players talk about blisters and more
Cruising the Pac Rim : driven to thrill
Conclusions : core values.