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Andrew F. Jones - Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music (Cornell East Asia, Vol. 57) (Cornell East Asia Series Number 57) - 9780939657575 - V9780939657575
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Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music (Cornell East Asia, Vol. 57) (Cornell East Asia Series Number 57)

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Description for Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music (Cornell East Asia, Vol. 57) (Cornell East Asia Series Number 57) Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .

The first comprehensive study of Chinese popular music in a Western language. Drawing on extensive interviews with singers, songwriters and critics, as well as cultural, sociological, musical, and textual analysis, the book portrays the disparate ways in which China's state-run popular music industry and burgeoning underground rock music subculture represented by Cui Jian have been instrumental to the cultural and political struggles that culminated in the Tienanmen democracy movement of 1989. It also examines the links between popular music and contemporary debates about cultural identity and modernization, as well as the close connections between rock music, youth culture, and student ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780939657575
SKU
V9780939657575
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Ref
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