Voices from the Straw Mat Toward an Ethnography of Korean Story Singing |
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| Author:
| Park, Chan E. |
| Series title: | Hawai'i Studies on Korea Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-2511-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $51.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionFrom 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.