Tokyo Boogie-Woogie : : Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents / / Hiromu Nagahara.
Emerging in the 1920s, the Japanese pop scene gained a devoted following, and the soundscape of the next four decades became the audible symbol of changing times. In the first English-language history of this Japanese industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment with Japan'...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Popular Song Era -- 1. The Invention of Popular Song -- 2. The State as Critic and Consumer -- 3. The Long War on Popular Song -- 4. Boogie- Woogie Democracy -- 5. The End of Popular Song and of Critique -- Conclusion: The Television Age and Beyond -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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| Summary: | Emerging in the 1920s, the Japanese pop scene gained a devoted following, and the soundscape of the next four decades became the audible symbol of changing times. In the first English-language history of this Japanese industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment with Japan's transformation into a postwar middle-class society. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674978409 9783110540550 9783110625264 9783110547764 9783110543315 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674978409 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Hiromu Nagahara. |