Cries of joy, songs of sorrow
Subtitle: Chinese pop music and its cultural connotations
By: Marc L. Moskowitz.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; Brand: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780824833695; 9780824834227
Subjects: Popular music -- China -- History and criticism; Popular music -- Taiwan -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- China
Other titles: Chinese pop music and its cultural connotations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
Table of contents: title: The tail wags the dog :Taiwan's musical counter-invasion of China; title: China's mandopop roots and Taiwan's gendered counter-invasion of the PRC; title: Hybridity and its discontents : popular music in Taiwan; title: Message in a bottle : lyrical laments and emotional expression in mandopop; title: Men writing songs for women who complain about men : mandopop's gender : construction in Taiwan and the PRC; title: A man for all occasions : charisma and differing masculinity in mandopop; title: Mandopop under siege : culturally bound criticisms of Taiwan's pop music.