Enfolding silence : the transformation of Japanese American religion and art under oppression /

This book explores how Japanese Americans have developed traditions of complex silences to survive historic moments of racial and religious marginalization and how they continue to adapt these traditions today. Utilizing case studies and histories of the Japanese American arts of gardening, origami,...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Esaki, Brett J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Zusammenfassung:
This book explores how Japanese Americans have developed traditions of complex silences to survive historic moments of racial and religious marginalization and how they continue to adapt these traditions today. Utilizing case studies and histories of the Japanese American arts of gardening, origami, jazz, and monuments, Brett Esaki provides a theory of silence that goes beyond the binary of sound and its absence to articulate the multiple layers of silence that exist for Japanese Americans.
Umfang:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-061265-7
0-19-025135-2
0-19-025143-3
Schlagworte:
Japanese Americans > Social conditions.
Japanese Americans > Intellectual life.
Japanese Americans > Religion.
Arts, Japanese > United States > History.
Silence > Social aspects > United States > History.
Marginality, Social > United States > History.
Social change > United States > History.
Arts and society > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
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