Songs from the Edge of Japan: Music-making in Yaeyama and Okinawa
- Author: Gillan, Matthew
Songs from the Edge of Japan [...] makes important contributions to Asian studies and ethnomusicology, especially in the areas of identity, island studies, music and ritual, and musical transmission.... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Island treasures (SA-ma nu Takara)
- Islands of song and dance: Yaeyama and its music
- The southern islands a " Yaeyama and Okinawa in the Japanese cultural imagination
- Music for gods, ancestors and people a " Yaeyaman music in a ritual context
- Nama ni nukoshori a " lineages and preservation groups
- Izu su du nusA- a " the singer is master: regional versus individual styles in the performance of Tubarama
- The Okinawa 'boom' a " local music on the national stage
- Afterword
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Discography
- Index.