LEADER 03560cam 2200481 i 4500001 on1378358117 003 OCoLC 005 20240224150403.0 008 230507t20242024msua 001 0 eng c 019 1378367496 020 9781496847645 020 1496847644 |q(paperback) 020 |z9781496847638 |q(hardback) 035 (Sirsi) o1378358117 035 (OCoLC)1378358117 |z(OCoLC)1378367496 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dOCLCO |dNDD |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dCDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 4 ML3917.U6 |bA835 2024 100 1 Asai, Susan Miyo, |d1952- |eauthor. |=^A428747 245 10 Sounding our way home : |bJapanese American musicking and the politics of identity / |cSusan Miyo Asai. 264 1 Jackson : |bUniversity Press of Mississippi, |c[2024] 264 4 |c©2024 300 xvi, 328 pages : |bblack and white illustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "A product of twenty-five years of archival and primary research, Sounding Our Way Home: Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity narrates the efforts of three generations of Japanese Americans to reach "home" through musicking. Using ethnomusicology as a lens, Susan Miyo Asai examines the musical choices of a population that, historically, is considered outside the racial and ethnic boundaries of American citizenship. Emphasizing the notion of national identity and belonging, the volume provokes a discussion about the challenges of nation-building in a democratic society. Asai addresses the politics of music, interrogating the ways musicking functions as a performance of social, cultural, and political identification for Japanese Americans in the United States. Musicking is an inherently political act at the intersection of music, identity, and politics, particularly if it involves expressing one's ethnicity and/or race. Asai further investigates how Japanese American ethnic identification and cultural practices relate to national belonging. Musicking cultivates a narrative of a shared history and aesthetic between performers and listeners. The discourse situates not only Japanese Americans, but all Asians into the black/white binary of race relations in the United States. Sounding Our Way Home contributes to the ongoing struggle for acceptance and equal representation for people of color in the US. A history of Japanese American musicking across three generations, the book unveils the social and political discrimination that nonwhite immigrants and their offspring continue to face when it comes to finding acceptance in US society and culture"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Japanese Americans |xMusic |xHistory and criticism. |=^A169258 650 0 Music |xPolitical aspects |zUnited States. |=^A12651 650 0 Music and identity politics |zUnited States. |=^A1468154 650 0 Music |xSocial aspects |zUnited States. |=^A1005862 650 0 Japanese Americans |xSocial conditions. |=^A169258 650 0 Japanese Americans |xEthnic identity. |=^A118950 650 0 Acculturation |zUnited States. |=^A989741 651 0 United States |xEthnic relations. |=^A12962 651 0 United States |xRace relations. |=^A6417 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s30.00 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 6321504