In: Routledge contemporary Japan series 49
1. Introduction / Joseph D. Hankins and Carolyn S. Stevens -- 2. Publics that scream, publics that slumber : sound and the tactics of publicity in the Buraku liberation movement / Joseph D. Hankins -- 3. Facing the nation : sound, fury, and public oratory among Japanese right-wing groups / Nathaniel M. Smith -- 4. The political affects of military aircraft noise in Okinawa / Rupert Cox -- 5. Distraction, noise, and ambient sounds in Tokyo / Lorraine Plourde -- 6. Sounding imaginative empathy : Chindon-ya's affective economies on the streets of Osaka / Marie Abe -- 7. The swinging phonograph in a hot teahouse : sound technology and the emergence of the jazz community in prewar Japan / Shuhei Hosokawa.
In: Routledge contemporary Japan series 49
In: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
This book argues that sound - as it is created, transmitted, and perceived - plays a key role in the constitution of space and community in contemporary Japan. The book examines how sonic practices reflect politics, aesthetics, and ethics, with transformative effects on human relations. From right-wing sound trucks to left-wing protests, from early 20th century jazz cafes to contemporary avant-garde art forms, from the sounds of U.S. military presence to exuberant performances organized in opposition, the book, rich in ethnographic detail, contributes to sensory anthropology and the anthropolo
In: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
This book examines sonic practices in contemporary Japan in a range of areas - social movements, popular culture and avant-garde art forms. It explores how the production and perception of sound is affected by the spaces in which sonic practices occur, how sonic practices reflect politics, aesthetics and ethics, and how human relations are entrenched in social and sonic practices. Overall the book makes a significant contribution to the developing field of sensory anthropology.
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