Made in Japan
Subtitle: studies in popular music
By: edited by Tōru Mitsui
Series: Routledge global popular music series; Routledge global popular music series
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780415637572; 9781138961500; 9780203384121
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Popular music; History and criticism
Notes: Paperback edition printed 2015 in a smaller format (25 cm.).

"First published 2014 ... ©2014 ... First issued in paperback 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Embracing the West and creating a blend  -- Tōru Mitsui -- Putting Japanese popular music in perspective.; title: The Takarazuka Revue : its star system and fans' support  -- Naomi Miyamoto; title: "The infinite power of song" : uniting Japan at the 60th annual Kōhaku song contest  -- Shelley Brunt; title: The culture of popular music in occupied Japan  -- Mamoru Tōya; title: The birth of enka  -- Yūsuke Wajima; title: Songs in triple time are still sung in duple time -- Tōru Mitsui; title: Rockin' Japan.; title: From covers to originals : "rockabilly" in 1956-1963  -- Terumasa Shimizu; title: The development of Japanese rock : a Bourdieuan analysis  -- Katsuya Minamida; title: A history of Japanese rock festivals and live music venues -- Jun-ichi Nagai; title: Japanese popular music and visual arts.; title: Tōru Takemitsu's Seigenki  (Time within memory) : an anti-experimental, tonal film score  -- Kyōko Koizumi; title: The interaction between music and visuals in animated movies : a case study of Akira  -- Hideko Haguchi; title: The emergence of singing voice actors/actresses : the crossover point of the music industry and the animation industry -- Aki Yamasaki; title: Coda. Japanese music reception.; title: J-pop goes the world : a new global fandom in the age of digital media  -- Yoshitaka Mōri -- Afterword.; title: Maintaining artistic integrity and creative control : a conversation with Tatsurō Yamashita -- Kiyoshi Matsuo and Tōru Mitsui.