Tokyo boogie-woogie : Japan's pop era and its discontents /

Between the late 1920s and 1960s, Japan's recording industry produced songs that they simply labeled, "Popular Songs" (ryūkōka). Emerging within the context of the dramatic expansion of mass media during some of the most volatile decades in Japanese history, this musical genre came...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nagahara, Hiromu (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Popular music > Japan > History and criticism.
Popular music > Social aspects > Japan > History > 20th century.
Musique populaire > Japon > Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Popular music
Popular music > Social aspects
Japan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The popular song as an era
  • The invention of popular song
  • The state as critic and consumer
  • The long war on popular song
  • Boogie-woogie democracy
  • The end of popular song and of critique
  • Conclusion: The television age and beyond.

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