Sensational Knowledge: Embodying Culture through Japanese

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Sensational Knowledge: Embodying Culture through Japanese Dance (Music / Culture)

How do music and dance reveal the ways in which a community interacts with the world? How are the senses used in communicating cultural knowledge? In Sensational Knowledge, ethnomusicologist and dancer Tomie Hahn uncovers the process and nuances of learning nihon buyo, a traditional Japanese dance form. She uses case studies of dancers at all levels, as well as her own firsthand experiences, to investigate the complex language of bodies, especially across cultural divides. Paying particular attention to the effect of body-to-body transmission, and how culturally constructed processes of transmission influence our sense of self, Hahn argues that the senses facilitate the construction of "boundaries of existence" that define our physical and social worlds. In this flowing and personal text, Hahn reveals the ways in which culture shapes our attendance to various sensoria, and how our interpretation of sensory information shapes our individual realities. An included DVD provides visual examples.
Country USA
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9780819568359
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Wesleyan University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9780819568359
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Sensational Knowledge: Embodying Culture through Japanese Dance (Music / Culture)

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