{"product_id":"goze-p-9780190259044","title":"Goze P","description":"In a tradition extending from the medieval era to the early twentieth century, visually disabled Japanese women known as \u003cem\u003egoze \u003c\/em\u003etoured the countryside as professional singers. An integral part of rural musical culture, the \u003cem\u003egoze\u003c\/em\u003e sang unique narratives of their own making and a significant\u003cbr\u003erepertory of popular ballads and short songs. \u003cem\u003eGoze\u003c\/em\u003e activities peaked in the nineteenth century, and some women continued to tour well into the middle of the twentieth. The last active \u003cem\u003egoze\u003c\/em\u003e lived until 2005. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGoze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, Gerald Groemer examines the way of life, institutions, and songs of these itinerant performers. Groemer shows that the solidarity and success \u003cem\u003egoze\u003c\/em\u003e achieved with the rural public through narrative and music was based on\u003cbr\u003ethe convergence of the \u003cem\u003egoze\u003c\/em\u003e's desire for a degree of social and economic autonomy with the audience's wish to mitigate the cultural deprivation it so often experienced. \u003cem\u003eGoze \u003c\/em\u003erecognized audiences as a stimulus for developing repertories and careers; the public in turn recognized goze as masterful\u003cbr\u003eartisans who acted as powerful agents of widespread cultural development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the first full-length scholarly work on goze in English, this book is an invaluable resource to scholars and students of Japanese culture, Japanese music, ethnomusicology, and disability studies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Groemer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190259044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Groemer began his studies of music as a pianist. After earning a Masters of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance at Peabody Conservatory, he entered the ethnomusicology program at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music where he earned a PhD in musicology in 1993, the first non-Japanese ever to do so. Since 1998 he has been professor of musicology, ethnomusicology, and Japanese music history at University of Yamanashi in K?fu Japan. He has authored several books on music and cultural history in both Japanese and English, including The Spirit of Tsugaru (2012), a translation Nishiyama Matsunosuke's writings on Edo Culture (1997), and Street Performers and Society in Urban Japan, 1600-1900: The Beggar's Gift (2015). He was awarded the prestigious Koizumi Fumio Prize for Ethnomusicology in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39927195697267,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b5697557-db5f-44ff-8468-2be4a73789d2.jpg?v=1647524105","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/goze-p-9780190259044","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}