Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow : : Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations / / Marc L. Moskowitz.
Since the mid-1990s, Taiwan's unique brand of Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese-language pop music) has dictated the musical tastes of the mainland and the rest of Chinese-speaking Asia. Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow explores Mandopop's surprisingly complex cultural implications in Taiwan and the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 13 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Tail Wags The Dog: Taiwan's Musical Counter-Invasion of China
- Chapter 2. China's Mandopop Roots and Taiwan's Gendered Counter-Invasion of the PRC
- Chapter 3. Hybridity and Its Discontents: Popular Music in Taiwan
- Chapter 4. Message in a Bottle: Lyrical Laments and Emotional Expression in Mandopop
- Chapter 5. Men Writing Songs for Women Who Complain About Men: Mandopop's Gender Construction in Taiwan and the PRC
- Chapter 6. A Man for All Occasions: Charisma and Differing Masculinity in Mandopop
- Chapter 7. Mandopop Under Siege: Culturally Bound Criticisms of Taiwan's Pop Music
- Notes
- Glossary
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author