The Tea Ceremony as a Decolonizing Epistemology: Healing and Japanese Women

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-26

  Mayuzumi, Kimine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

decolonization; healing; indigenous knowledges; Japanese women, transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348937802     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344605282856     Document Type: Article

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