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Shakuhachi in the United States: Transcending Boundaries and Dichotomies

Strothers, Sarah Renata
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276940591

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2010, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Ethnomusicology.
The shakuhachi is a bamboo flute that came to Japan from China during the Nara Period (646-794 CE) and has since been affiliated with traditional Japanese culture. Thanks to the processes of globalization, the shakuhachi and other indigenous Japanese traditions have flourished in other parts of the world, especially in the United States. In the U.S., a shakuhachi subculture has developed in recent decades, consisting of shakuhachi camps, online and in-person forums, lessons with licensed teachers, and performances/concerts. This shakuhachi subculture is flourishing and growing intensely; however, there is very little ethnomusicological research on this growing phenomenon that is making its mark in the United States. Within the past two years, I have been investigating this subculture by joining the community as a student shakuhachi player, as a member of the shakuhachi web forums, and by attending shakuhachi camps and performances. This ethnomusicological project explores the dynamics of the shakuhachi subculture by tracing the shakuhachi's history to and practices within the United States. It also provides an explanation of the instrument's transnationality by highlighting the different dichotomies and boundaries that are transcended, “landscaped,” and “glocalized.”
David Harnish (Advisor)
Katherine Meizel (Committee Member)
95 p.
Music
shakuhachi; Japanese culture; Japanese music

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  • Strothers, S. R. (2010). Shakuhachi in the United States: Transcending Boundaries and Dichotomies [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276940591

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Strothers, Sarah. Shakuhachi in the United States: Transcending Boundaries and Dichotomies. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276940591.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Strothers, Sarah. "Shakuhachi in the United States: Transcending Boundaries and Dichotomies." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276940591

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