Traditional folk song in modern Japan : sources, sentiment and society

Author(s)

• Hughes, David W.

Bibliographic Information

Traditional folk song in modern Japan : sources, sentiment and society

David W. Hughes

Global Oriental, 2008

Note

"Audio-videography": p. [360]-363

Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-359) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The study moves from tradition to modernity, explores a range of topics such as: song life in the traditional village; rural-urban tensions; local min'yo 'preservation societies'; the effects of national and local min'yo contests; the 'new folk song' phenomenon; min'yo and tourism; folk song bars; recruitment of professionals; min'yo's interaction with enka popular songs and with Western-derived foku songu; the impact of mass mediation; and min'yo's role in maintaining or creating local identity. The book contains a plate section, musical examples, and a compact disc.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• 1 Folk song in Japan: the background
• 2 Song and music in the traditional village
• 3 Folk song in transition
• 4 The modern urban folk song world
• 5 The modern countryside and the performing arts
• 6 At the edges of the 'folk song world'
• 7 Japanese folk song: retrospect, circumspect, prospect
• Appendix 1: Texts of shin-min'yo and related popular songs
• Appendix 2: Addresses related to min'yo
• Appendix 3: A marketing guide for min'yo recordings
• Bibliography
• Audio-Videography
• Glossary
• Index of musical works
• Notes to accompanying CD
• General index

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Details

• NCID: BA86221255
• ISBN:
  • 9781905246656
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Folkestone
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 395 p., [12] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 CD (12 cm.)
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML3750
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Folk songs, Japanese -- History and criticism