Cries of joy, songs of sorrow : Chinese pop music and its cultural connotations /
by Moskowitz, Marc L.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2010Description: xii, 165 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780824833695 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0824833694 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780824834227 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0824834224 (pbk. : alk. paper).Other title: Chinese pop music and its cultural connotations.Subject(s): Geschichte 1990-2008 | Popular music -- China -- History and criticism | Popular music -- Taiwan -- History and criticism | Music -- Social aspects -- China
Contents:
The tail wags the dog : Taiwan's musical counter-invasion of China -- China's mandopop roots and Taiwan's gendered counter-invasion of the PRC -- Hybridity and its discontents : popular music in Taiwan -- Message in a bottle : lyrical laments and emotional expression in mandopop -- Men writing songs for women who complain about men : mandopop's gender construction in Taiwan and the PRC -- A man for all occasions : charisma and differing masculinity in mandopop -- Mandopop under siege : culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.141-156), discography (p. 139-140), and index.
The tail wags the dog : Taiwan's musical counter-invasion of China -- China's mandopop roots and Taiwan's gendered counter-invasion of the PRC -- Hybridity and its discontents : popular music in Taiwan -- Message in a bottle : lyrical laments and emotional expression in mandopop -- Men writing songs for women who complain about men : mandopop's gender construction in Taiwan and the PRC -- A man for all occasions : charisma and differing masculinity in mandopop -- Mandopop under siege : culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music.
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