Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and Journeys in Teaching by Carrie J. Preston

Description: Learning to Kneel by Carrie J. Preston Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Learning to Kneel locates noh dramas influence on American and European writers, dancers, and composers. Carrie J. Prestons work has been profoundly shaped by her training in noh performance. While her subjects are often criticized for Orientalist tendencies, Prestons own journey reflects a more nuanced understanding of cultural exchange. Publisher Description In this inventive mix of criticism, scholarship, and personal reflection, Carrie J. Preston explores the nature of cross-cultural teaching, learning, and performance. Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese noh was a major creative catalyst for American and European writers, dancers, and composers. The noh theaters stylized choreography, poetic chant, spectacular costumes and masks, and engagement with history inspired Western artists as they reimagined new approaches to tradition and form. In Learning to Kneel, Preston locates nohs important influence on such canonical figures as Pound, Yeats, Brecht, Britten, and Beckett. These writers learned about noh from an international cast of collaborators, and Preston traces the ways in which Japanese and Western artists influenced one another. Prestons critical work was profoundly shaped by her own training in noh performance technique under a professional actor in Tokyo, who taught her to kneel, bow, chant, and submit to the teachings of a conservative tradition. This encounter challenged Prestons assumptions about effective teaching, particularly her inclinations to emphasize Western ideas of innovation and subversion and to overlook the complex ranges of agency experienced by teachers and students. It also inspired new perspectives regarding the generative relationship between Western writers and Japanese performers. Pound, Yeats, Brecht, and others are often criticized for their orientalist tendencies and misappropriation of noh, but Prestons analysis and her journey reflect a more nuanced understanding of cultural exchange. Author Biography Carrie J. Preston is associate professor of English and director of the Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Boston University. Her book, Modernisms Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance, won the De La Torre Bueno Prize, and her articles have appeared in Modernism/modernity, Theatre Journal, Twentieth-Century Literature, and Modernist Cultures. Details ISBN 0231166508 ISBN-13 9780231166508 Title Learning to Kneel Author Carrie J. Preston Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 352 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:161834082; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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