Ebook: Enfolding silence : the transformation of Japanese American religion and art under oppression
Author: Esaki Brett J
- Tags: Japanese Americans, Social conditions, Japanese Americans, Intellectual life, Japanese Americans, Religion, Arts Japanese, United States, History, Silence, Social aspects, United States, History, Marginality Social, United States, History, Social change, United States, History, Arts and society, United States, History, Racism, United States, History
- Series: American Academy of Religion
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Japanese Americans have developed complex silences in response to social and religious marginalization. Utilizing histories and ethnographies of Japanese American arts - gardening, origami, jazz, and monuments - 'Enfolding Silence' uncovers silences that are mixtures of silences from religion, art, and oppression.
Abstract: Japanese Americans have developed complex silences in response to social and religious marginalization. Utilizing histories and ethnographies of Japanese American arts - gardening, origami, jazz, and monuments - 'Enfolding Silence' uncovers silences that are mixtures of silences from religion, art, and oppression