Making Tea, Making Japan Cultural Nationalism in Practice

Name: Making Tea, Making Japan Cultural Nationalism in Practice
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ISBN: 9780804778671

ISBN-10: 0804778671

ISBN-13: 9780804778671

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kristin Surak

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The tea ceremony persists as one of the most evocative symbols of Japan. Originally a pastime of elite warriors in premodern society, it was later recast as an emblem of the modern Japanese state, only to be transformed again into its current incarnation, largely the hobby of middle-class housewives. How does the cultural practice of a few come to represent a nation as a whole?Although few non-Japanese scholars have peered behind the walls of a tea room, sociologist Kristin Surak came to know the inner workings of the tea world over the course of ten years of tea training. Here she offers the first comprehensive analysis of the practice that includes new material on its historical changes,…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


A Note on Transliteration


Introduction: Nation-Work



Preparing Tea: Spaces, Objects, Performances



Creating Tea: The National Transformation of a Cultural Practice



Selling Tea: An Anatomy of the Iemoto System



Enacting Tea: Doing and Demonstrating Japaneseness



Beyond the Tea Room: Toward a Praxeology of Cultural Nationalism


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index