Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music
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- Synopsis
- Like a Knife is the first comprehensive study of Chinese popular music in Western language. Drawing on extensive interviews with singers, songwriters and critics, as well as cultural, sociological, musical, and textual analysis, the book portrays the disparate ways in which China's state-run popular music industry and the burgeoning underground rock music subculture represented by Cui Jian have been instrumental to the cultural and political struggles that culminated in the Tiananmen democracy movement of 1989. The book examines the links between popular music and contemporary debates about cultural identity and modernization, as well as the close connections between rock music, youth culture, and student protest.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 198 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780939657575
- Publisher:
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Date of Addition:
- 02/02/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Andrew F. Jones.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Music
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.