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Japanese Singers of Tales by Alison McQueen Tokita examines the rich history of sung narratives across Japan spanning ten centuries. This scholarly work presents detailed case studies demonstrating how Japanese narrative performance persisted and evolved across multiple genres, exploring periods of flourishing decline and the cultural factors that shaped their development. The book reveals how these performed narratives functioned as shared cultural heritage, giving communities a sense of belonging and identity. Through analysis of stories continually retold and recycled in different versions over generations, Tokita illustrates how narrative performance built collective cultural memory and strengthened community bonds. Published by Routledge as part of the SOAS Studies in Music series, this academic text offers valuable insights into folk music traditions, performance history, and the role of narrative arts in shaping Japanese cultural identity across centuries.

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Japanese Singers of Tales provides comprehensive case studies spanning ten centuries of performed narrative traditions across multiple genres.

The book demonstrates how sung narratives developed, changed, and persisted throughout Japanese history whilst exploring factors contributing to their evolution.

Narratives in this study show how stories recycled in different versions over time built shared cultural identity and community belonging.

Published by Routledge within the SOAS Studies in Music series, offering scholarly analysis of Japanese folk music traditions and performance history.

This academic examination reveals how performed narratives functioned as cultural heritage that reinforced community connections and collective memory.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
28 February 2015
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30 March 2010

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