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Examining The Cultural, Political, Economic, Technological And Institutional Aspects Of Popular Music Throughout Asia, This Book Is The First Comprehensive Analysis Of Asian Popular Music And Its Cultural Industries. Concentrating On The Development Of Popular Culture In Its Local Socio-political Context, The Volume Highlights How Local Appropriations Of The Pop Music Genre Play An Active Rather Than Reactive Role In Manipulating Global Cultural And Capital Flows. Broad In Geographical Sweep And Rich In Contemporary Examples, This Work Will Appeal To Those Interested In Asian Popular Culture From A Variety Of Perspectives Including, Political Economy, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Media Studies And Ethnomusicology. Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes On Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Cultural Imaginaries, Musical Communities, Reflexive Practices; Musical Cultures And Culture Industries; Capitalism And Cultural Relativity: The Thai Pop Industry, Capitalism And Western Cultural Values; Popping The Myth Of Chinese Rock; World Music, Cultural Heteroglossia And Indigenous Capital: Overlapping Frequencies In The Emergence Of Cosmopolitanism In Taiwan; Local Appropriations: From Nation-building To Happy Pop And Folk Resistance The Imagined Community Of Maa Tujhe Salaam: The Global And The Local In The Postcolonialglobal Industry, National Politics: Popular Music In 'new Order' Indonesia; The Case Of The Irritating Song: Suman Chatterjee And Modern Bengali Music; Travelling Theories, Syncretic Exoticisms, Or Diffusion By Any Other Name?; Magical Mystical Tourism (debate Dub Version); 'love Never Dies': Romance And Christian Symbolism In A Japanese Rock Video; Japanese Popular Music In Hong Kong: What Does Tk Present?; Colonial Desire, Social Memory And Popular Sensuality As Performance Genres Raising The Ante Of Desire: Foreign Female Singers In A Japanese Pop Music Worldpop Music As Postcolonial Nostalgia In Taiwan; Popular Music And Interculturality: The Dynamic Presence Of Pop Music In Contemporary Balinese Performance; References; Index Edited By Allen Chun, Ned Rossiter, And Brian Shoesmith. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [198]-211) And Index. English