Abstract
This chapter examines how a sense of musical community is constructed through the collective use of metaphors in the discourse of Japanese wind band members. Marie McCarthy described communities as “important repositories of symbols, the mental constructs that provide people with the means to make meaning and perceive the boundaries of a particular social group.”1 She also linked this notion of community to music, writing that “The generational transmission of music is a primary site for inducting the young into a group’s musical practices and traditions, and through that process immersing them in communal values and passing on traditions that link the generations, symbolically and musically”2 Expanding on McCarthy’s position, this chapter introduces concepts from the field of metaphor theory in order to demonstrate how notions of community are socially formed through the reification of key metaphorical constructs. This theoretical perspective is then applied to examination of how specific metaphors are used in discourse to construct a unified sense of purpose and meaning within the band community.3
言わぬが花
Iwanu ga hana
“Not speaking is the flower” – much is best left unsaid
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Hebert, D.G. (2012). Metaphors of a Japanese Band Community. In: Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2178-4_14
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