The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan: Bodies Re-Presenting the Past

ISBN-13: 9780415652186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Etsuko Kato

Opis

This title discusses the meaning of the Japanese tea ceremony for women practitioners in Japan from World War II to the 21st century. It examines such areas as: the relationship between the tea ceremony and the body; myths surrounding the tea ceremony; and body discipline.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments List of Tables, Figures and Plates A note on Local Terms and Transcriptions Introduction Part I: The Tea Ceremony as Bodily Discipline 1. The Tea Ceremony as Bodily Discipline 2. Bodily Discipline and Myths Part II: Two Postwar Phenomena in the Tea Ceremony 3. The Birth of Sôgô-bunka Discourse and Feminization of the Tea Ceremony Part III: Women's Tea Ceremony Today 4. Shachû and Women's Tea Ceremony Networks 5. The Past Re-Presented 6. The Meaning of the Tea Ceremony in Women's Lives Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

O autorze

Etsuko Kato is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the International Christian University, Tokyo.