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Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural Politics in Asian / Chinese America - American Musicspheres
Zheng, Su (Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University)
Claiming Diaspora: Music, Transnationalism, and Cultural Politics in Asian / Chinese America - American Musicspheres
Zheng, Su (Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University)
This book addresses the increasingly plural nature of American cultural identity thrugh a study of the thriving contemporary music culture of Chinese America, ranging from traditional opera to Cantonese pop and from storytelling songs about the immigrant experience to the work of academically trained composers.
446 pages, Illustrations, maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 11, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780195134377 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 448 |
Dimensions | 165 × 242 × 27 mm · 753 g |