ElasticiTEA?: Preliminary Theses on Cross-Cultural (re)Presentation and the Japanese “Way of Tea”

Michelle Liu Carriger

doi:10.33303/gpsv4n1a2

Authors

Michelle Liu Carriger University of California, Los Angeles

Author Biography

Michelle Liu Carriger, University of California, Los Angeles

Michelle Liu Carriger is an assistant professor of Theater and Performance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, with research and teaching expertise in historiography and performance of self in everyday life, particularly through attention to dress and fashion. She has published her research in several theater and performance studies journals and received article awards from ASTR and ATHE.

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