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2. How are music and the arts used in East Asian cultures to reinforce cultural identity,

nationalism, and notions of authenticity?

How are the aesthetics of music in Japan shaped by both Confucianism and Buddhism?

How are the types of East Asian theater different from theater and opera in the West?

What spiritual role does music play in Tibetan Buddhist ritual?

How do East Asian attitudes toward professional musicians and actors contrast with the

status of amateur music making?

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How do attitudes toward traditionality and modernization affect music differently in

China than they do in Japan and South Korea?

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