Traditional folk song in modern Japan : sources, sentiment and society
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Traditional folk song in modern Japan : sources, sentiment and society
Global Oriental, 2008
Available at 23 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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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