{"product_id":"goze-p-9780190259044","title":"Goze P","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gerald Groemer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Us\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Us\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Folk \u0026amp; Traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 repertory 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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 the 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 artisans 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.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46503178436759,"sku":"9780190259044","price":5620.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780190259044.webp?v=1769188270","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/goze-p-9780190259044","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}