Tokyo Boogie-Woogie - Japans Pop Era and Its Discontents

Informationen zum Autor Hiromu Nagahara is Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klappentext Emerging in the 1920s, the Japanese pop scene gained a devoted following, and the soundscape of the next four decades became the audible symbol of changing times. In the first English-language history of this Japanese industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment with Japan¿s transformation into a postwar middle-class society. Zusammenfassung Emerging in the 1920s, the Japanese pop scene gained a devoted following, and the soundscape of the next four decades became the audible symbol of changing times. In the first English-language history of this Japanese industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment with Japan’s transformation into a postwar middle-class society.

Product details

• Authors: Hiromu Nagahara
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2017
• EAN: 9780674971691
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97169-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / History & Criticism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Music Industry, Music: styles & genres, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General