Table of contents : CONTENTS Acknowledgments Sounding Waves–Introduction CHAPTER 1. From the Rice Harvest to “Bohemian Rhapsody”: Diachronic Modernity in Angklung Performance CHAPTER 2. Soundtracks for the Masses: Transmediating India in Dangdut Films of Indonesia CHAPTER 3. Localizing Global Sound Worlds in Bali and Lombok CHAPTER 4. “Molihua”: Culture and Meaning of China’s Most Well-Traveled Folksong CHAPTER 5. Finding a Niche for the Avant-Garde Outside the Academy in the Early 2000s: A Radical Moment in Korea’s Fusion Music CHAPTER 6. Singing Policemen, Dancing Firemen: Alliance Building and Interethnic Remasculinization in Post–World War II Hawai‘i CHAPTER 7. Kenny Endo and a Dream: From Interzones to Solidarities CHAPTER 8. Performing Paradise: Hawaiian ‘Ukulele in Japanese Settings CHAPTER 9. Hawaiian and American Pasts Confronting a Native Hawaiian and a Globalized Present: Reworking Harold Arlen’s “Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole Contributors Index