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
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Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Library
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"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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