This book examines the complex relationship between class and
gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chad?) practitioners in Japan.
Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book
surveys the rigid, hierarchical chad? system at grass roots level.
Making critical use of Bourdieu's idea of cultural capital, it
explores the various meanings of chad? for Akita women and argues
that chad? has a cultural, economic, social and symbolic value and
is used as a tool to improve gender and class equality. Chad?
practitioners focus on tea procedure and related aspects of chad?
such as architecture, flower arranging, gardening and pottery.
Initially, only men were admitted to chad?; women were admitted in
the Meiji period (1868-1912) and now represent the majority of
practitioners. The author - a chad? practitioner and descendant of
chad? teachers - provides a thorough, honest account of Akita women
based on extensive participant observation and interviews. Where
most literature on Japan focuses on metropolitan centres such as
Kitakyushu and Tokyo, this book is original in both its subject and
scope. Also, as economic differences between metropolitan and
non-metropolitan areas have become more pronounced, it is timely to
explore the specific class and gender issues affecting
non-metropolitan women. This book contributes not only to the
ethnographic literature on chad? and non-metropolitan women in
Japan, but also to the debates on research methodology and the
theoretical discussion of class.
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