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Sonic mobilities : producing worlds in southern China / Adam Kielman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kielman, Adam, author.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
- Chicago scholarship online.
- Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
- Chicago scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mabang (Musical group).
- Wanju Chuanzhang (Musical group).
- Popular music--China--Guangzhou--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- World music--China--Guangzhou--History and criticism.
- World music.
- Music and globalization--China.
- Music and globalization.
- Music--Social aspects--China.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.) : 14 halftones, 6 line drawings, 1 tables
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- With a booming economy and abundant job opportunities, Guangzhou has become a magnet for rural citizens seeking better job prospects as well as global corporations hoping to gain a foothold in one of the world's largest economies. This openness and energy have led to a thriving popular music scene that is every bit the equal of Beijing's. But the musical culture of Guangzhou expresses the city's unique cosmopolitanism. A port city that once played a key role in China's maritime Silk Road, Guangzhou has long been an international hub. Now, new migrants to the city are incorporating diverse Chinese folk traditions into the musical tapestry. In this book, ethnomusicologist Adam Kielman takes a deep dive into Guangzhou's music scene through two bands, Wanju Chuanzhang (Toy Captain) and Mabang (Caravan), that express ties to their rural homelands and small-town roots while forging new cosmopolitan musical connections.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Romanization
- 1 Musical Cosmopolitanism and New Mobilities
- 2 Worlding Genres
- 3 Places and Styles Converging
- 4 Singing in Dialects No One Understands
- 5 Musical Lives: Mabang
- 6 Musical Lives: Wanju Chuanzhang
- 7 Sonic Infrastructures
- Epilogue: Music, China, and the Political
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 24, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9780226817798
- 0226817792
- OCLC:
- 1299388586
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