Enfolding silence: the transformation of Japanese American religion and art under oppression

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 relig...

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Main Author: Esaki, Brett J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:American Academy of Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Japanese / Marginal group / Racism / Religion / Art
Further subjects:B Arts, Japanese United States History
B Japanese Americans Intellectual life
B Silence Social aspects United States History
B Social Change United States History
B Arts and society History (United States)
B Arts and society United States History
B Japanese Americans Religion
B Marginality, Social History (United States)
B United States Race relations History
B Social Change History (United States)
B Marginality, Social United States History
B Japanese Americans Social conditions
B Arts, Japanese History (United States)
B Racism United States History
B Silence Social aspects History (United States)
B Racism History (United States)
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:978-0-19-025135-2
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190251420.001.0001