In this Book
- Voices from the Straw Mat: Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
- Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea
summary
From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, p'ansori has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. In this innovative work, Chan Park celebrates her subject not as a static phenomenon but a living, organic tradition adapting to an ever-shifting context. Drawing on her extensive literary and performance backgrounds, Park provides insights into the relationship between language and music, singing and speaking, and traditional and modern reception. Her "performance-centered" approach to p'ansori informs the discussion of a wide range of topics, including the amalgamation of the dramatic, the narrative, and the poetic; the invocation of traditional narrative in contemporary politics; the vocal construction of gender; and the politics of preservation.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- Part One: From Straw Mat to Proscenium and Back
- Introduction to Part One
- pp. 25-26
- 1. Locating Kinship
- pp. 27-55
- 2. Gentrified
- pp. 56-84
- 3. "Singing Theater"
- pp. 85-113
- 4. Narrating Faith, Resistance, and Healing
- pp. 114-152
- Part Two: Ethnography of a Voice
- Introduction to Part Two
- pp. 155-156
- 5. Acquiring Sori
- pp. 157-201
- 6. Narrating the Interior
- pp. 202-213
- 7. Negotiating Tradition, Gender, Self
- pp. 214-232
- 8. The "Authentic" Audience
- pp. 233-245
- 9. The Cross-Cultural Voice
- pp. 245-272
- Conclusion
- pp. 273-276
- Bibliography
- pp. 313-327
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824865504
Related ISBN(s)
9780824825119
MARC Record
OCLC
680317473
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No