Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations 9780824837655
Since the mid-1990s, Taiwan’s unique brand of Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese–language pop music) has dictated the musical ta
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Table of contents :
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
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
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- Marc L. Moskowitz
