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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780447503321

Autore

Baranovitch Nimrod

Titolo

China's new voices [[electronic resource] ] : popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978-1997

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003

ISBN

9781417508094

0-520-93653-1

1-59734-531-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/84

Soggetti

China - Civilization - 1976-

Popular music

Popular music-- Social aspects-- China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. China Diversified: An Overview of Popular Music in the Reform Era, 1978 -1997; 2. The Negotiation of Minority/ Majority Identities and Representation in Popular Music Culture; 3. Negotiating Gender in Post-Revolutionary Popular Music Culture: Reconstructing Manhood, Womanhood, and Sexuality; 4. Popular Music and State Politics: Hegemony, Resistance, Symbiosis, and Unity; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the most comprehensive study to date of the rich popular music scene in contemporary China. Focusing on the city of Beijing and drawing upon extensive fieldwork, China's New Voices shows that during the 1980's and 1990's, rock and pop music, combined with new technologies and the new market economy, have enabled marginalized groups to achieve a new public voice that is often independent of the state.