Refashioning pop music in Asia cosmopolitan flows, political tempos, and aesthetic industries

This collection of thirteen essays examines cultural, political, economic, technological and institutional aspects of popular music across Asia, from India to Japan

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chun, Allen John Uck Lun
Other Authors: Rossiter, Ned, Shoesmith, Brian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY RoutledgeCurzon 2004
Series:ConsumAsiaN book series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: cultural imaginaries, musical communities, reflexive practices; Musical cultures and culture industries; Capitalism and cultural relativity: the Thai pop industry, capitalism and Western cultural values; Popping the myth of Chinese rock; World music, cultural heteroglossia and indigenous capital: overlapping frequencies in the emergence of cosmopolitanism in Taiwan; Local appropriations: from nation-building to happy pop and folk resistance