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Author Stevens, Carolyn S., 1963-

Title Japanese popular music : culture, authenticity and power / Carolyn S. Stevens
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 184 pages)
Series Routledge media, culture and social change in Asia ; 9
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 9.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Definitions -- The particulars of history -- The business side : connections, culture and contexts -- Technology, consumption and authenticity -- Translations : internationalizing language and music
Summary "Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music, exploring its historical development, technology, business and production aspects, audiences, and language and culture. Based both on extensive textual and aural analysis and on anthropological fieldwork, it provides a wealth of detail, finding differences as well as similarities between the Japanese and Western pop music scenes. It shows how Japanese popular music has responded over time to Japan's relationship to the West in the post-war era, gradually growing in independence from the political and cultural hegemonic presence of America."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-179) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Popular music -- Social aspects -- Japan
Popular music -- Japan -- History and criticism
Popular culture -- Japan.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- New Age.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Pop Vocal.
Popular culture
Popular music
Popular music -- Social aspects
Popmusik
Gesellschaft
Pop-Kultur
Populärmusik -- sociala aspekter -- historia -- Japan.
Populärkultur -- Japan.
Japan
Japan
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203945018
9780203945018
9781134179527
1134179529