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UNINA9910458370603321 |
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Kloet Jeroen de. |
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China with a cut : globalisation, urban youth and popular music / / Jeroen de Kloet [[electronic resource]] |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010 |
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1-282-63412-7 |
9786612634123 |
90-485-1114-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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IIAS publications series. Monographs ; ; 3 |
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Music - China - 20th century - History and criticism |
Music audiences - China - History - 20th century |
Music trade - China - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Romanisation and Publication History; Introduction: Global Longings with a Cut; 1. Hard Scenes; 2. Hyphenated Scenes; 3. Subaltern Sounds; 4. Musical Taste and Technologies of the Self; 5. Producing, Localising and Silencing Sounds; Conclusion: Paradoxical Performances; Notes; Chinese Glossary; Appendix I Interviews; Appendix II Factor Analysis of Singers; Appendix III Popularity of Singers and Bands; Bibliography; Index |
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In the wake of intense globalisation and commercialisation in the 1990s, China saw the emergence of a vibrant popular culture. Drawing on sixteen years of research, Jeroen de Kloet explores the popular music industry in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, providing a fascinating history of its emergence and extensive audience analysis, while also exploring the effect of censorship on the music scene in China. China with a Cut pays particular attention to the dakou culture: so named after a cut nicked into the edge to render them unsellable, these illegally imported Western CDs still play most of the tracks. They also played a crucial role in the emergence of the new music and youth culture. De Kloet's impressive study demonstrates how the young |
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