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Genre/Form: | Songs Music Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc History Songs and music |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version : |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Noriko Manabe |
ISBN: | 9780190454951 0190454954 |
OCLC Number: | 976173076 |
Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of the 2017 John Whitney Hall Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies Winner of the 2018 British Forum for Ethnomusicology Book Prize Honorable Mention, Alan Merriam Book Prize, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2016. |
Target Audience: | Specialized. |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (colour) |
Contents: | Introduction: Analyzing political music under self-censorship -- The nuclear past and present : structures of power and civil resistance -- Musicians in the antinuclear movement : motivations, roles, and risks -- Cyberspace : playback and participation -- Demonstrations -- Festivals : differing models of communication -- Recordings : allegories, metaphors, and metonyms -- Conclusion: Protesting under (and against) constraints. |
Responsibility: | Noriko Manabe. |
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[Manabe] was able to see the protests from the inside and make a very fine-grained analysis of the role of music in them ... the analysis of the spaces of contention can be extended to other forms of cultural dissent seen in recent protests, both in Japan and around the world. * Wesley Sasaki-Uemura, University of Utah, in Japanese Studies * Contrary to widely held stereotypes, Japan has a long and loud history of public protest. As Noriko Manabe shows in her important new book, the massive demonstrations in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster belong to this tradition but also have produced their own distinct soundscape. Her detailed ethnographic and musical analysis of the parts numerous musicians have played in the movement vividly captures the sonic dimensions of this latest chapter from thehistory of Japanese street democracy. * Michael K. Bourdaghs, University of Chicago * In this moment of heightened and anxious scrutiny of cyberspace as a forum for both activism and manipulation, Manabe's book offers a thoughtful ethnographic look at a specific context for music and political action, in a variety of spaces both physical and virtual. * Comments from the awards committee of the 2018 British Forum for Ethnomusicology Book Prize * The committee was in awe of the scope, depth, and risk-taking of the author's research - at demonstrations and festivals, and with both indie and major label recordings musicians and producers; and in cyberspace. Her command of policy and its legal implications was as strong as her expert performance ethnography and music analysis. This study teaches us a great deal about the techniques of messaging, and the ways music breaks through the walls of official andunofficial censorship. * Merriam Prize Committee * In a creative, interdisciplinary study, Manabe connects spatial theory and musical analysis to a sociological argument about political protest ... The book and accompanying website, which presents footage from the protests, are wonderful teaching resources, and they will also change how we think about performance and social change ... This timely book reminds us of the spaces of possibility, community, and hope possible through mobilization, creativity, and music. * Hall Prize Committee * clearly and engagingly written ... fascinating. * James McNair, The National * Read more...


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- Popular music -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History -- 21st century.
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