CHINA WITH A CUT by Jeroen de Kloet ( 9789089641625 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

CHINA WITH A CUT
GLOBALISATION, URBAN YOUTH AND POPULAR MUSIC

By:

Jeroen de Kloet

Format:

Paperback

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£71.99

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ISBN 10:

9089641629

ISBN 13:

9789089641625

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Publisher:

AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 2009

Series:

IIAS Publications Series

Pages:

256

Description:

Provides insight into the vibrant popular music scene of contemporary China in the context of globalisation and rapid economic and social change

Synopsis:

In the wake of intense globalisation and commercialisation in the 1990s, China saw the emergence of a vibrant popular culture. Drawing on sixteen years of research, Jeroen de Kloet explores the popular music industry in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, providing a fascinating history of its emergence and extensive audience analysis, while also exploring the effect of censorship on the music scene in China. China with a Cut pays particular attention to the dakou culture: so named after a cut nicked into the edge to render them unsellable, these illegally imported Western CDs still play most of the tracks. They also played a crucial role in the emergence of the new music and youth culture. De Kloet's impressive study demonstrates how the young Chinese cope with the rapid economic and social changes in a period of intense globalisation, and offers a unique insight into the socio-cultural and political transformations of a rising global power.

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Amsterdam University Press

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