Japanese Women, Class and the Tea CeremonyThe voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan【電子書籍】[ Kaeko Chiba ]
＜p＞This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (＜em＞chad?＜/em＞) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s idea of cultural capital, it explores the various meanings of ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ for Akita women and argues that ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ has a cultural, economic, social and symbolic value and is used as a tool to improve gender and class equality. ＜em＞Chad?＜/em＞ practitioners focus on tea procedure and related aspects of chad? such as architecture, flower arranging, gardening and pottery. Initially, only men were admitted to ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞; women were admitted in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and now represent the majority of practitioners. The author - a ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ practitioner and descendant of ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ teachers - provides a thorough, honest account of Akita women based on extensive participant observation and interviews. Where most literature on Japan focuses on metropolitan centres such as Kitakyushu and Tokyo, this book is original in both its subject and scope. Also, as economic differences between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas have become more pronounced, it is timely to explore the specific class and gender issues affecting non-metropolitan women. This book contributes not only to the ethnographic literature on ＜em＞chad?＜/em＞ and non-metropolitan women in Japan, but also to the debates on research methodology and the theoretical discussion of class.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。
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