Kaeko Chiba: 1 book
Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony
The voices of tea practitioners in northern Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chadō) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chadō system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s...
