1st Edition
Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony The voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan
By Kaeko Chiba
Copyright 2011
232 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony ( chadō ) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chadō system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s idea of cultural capital, it explores the various meanings of chadō for Akita women and argues that... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Identity work 3 Time, space and the experience of chadō 4. Bourdieu’s theory of capital and discourses on class 5. Gender 6. Class 7. Raison d’être
Biography
Kaeko Chiba is a postdoctoral fellow of the Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives, Akita International University, and holds an associate professor (Jyūn-Kyōjyū) certificate from the Urasenke tea school in Japan.
