The Joy of Noh

The Joy of NohExamines Japanese later life learners involved in Noh theater. Centered on questions of identity formation, selfhood, and the body, this ethnography examines the experiences of later life learners in Japan. The women profiled are amateur practitioners of Noh theater, learning the dance and chant essential to this classic art form. Using a combination of observational, interview, and experiential data, Katrina L. Moore discusses the relevance of these

Designed for both classroom instruction and self-study

and the effects of colonialism

The book shows that some kinds of flexible generic frameworks or emergent common metaphors can be employed to sustain group dynamism in design through a project's lifetime

The patterns which emerge in this period go far to explain the nature of later medieval patterns of settlement and field systems

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are also trapped within this paradigm

and the life-world

biopolitics

Chuck Berg

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