Karaoke around the world
Subtitle: global technology, local singing
By: edited by Tōru Mitsui and Shūhei Hosokawa.
Contributors: Mitsui, Tōru, 1948-; Hosokawa, Shūhei, 1955-
Series: Routledge research in cultural and media studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Karaoke -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The genesis, definition, and historical overview / Toru Mitsui; title: The effects of karaoke on music life in Japan / Hiroshi Ogawa; title: Middle-aged and older women and karaoke / Shinobu Oku; title: The adaptability of karaoke in the United Kingdom / William Kelly; title: From TV to holidays : karaoke in Italy / Paolo Prato; title: Filling voids along the byway : identification and interpretation in the Swedish forms of karaoke / Johan Fornas; title: Singing in a cultural enclave : karaoke in Japanese-Brazilian community / Shuhei Hosokawa; title: The karaoke dilemna : on the interaction between collectivism and individualism / Casy Man Kong Lum; title: Karaoke in East Asia / Akiko Otake and Shuehei Hosokawa.