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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)
Framed by a century and a half of racialized Chinese American musical experiences, Claiming Diaspora explores the thriving contemporary musical culture of Asian/Chinese America. Ranging from traditional operas to modern instrumental music, from ethnic media networks to popular music, from Asian American jazz to the work of recent avant-garde composers, author Su Zheng reveals the rich and diverse musical activities among Chinese Americans and tells of thestruggles of Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in the American cultural terrain.
448 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 1, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780199873593 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 448 |
Dimensions | 157 × 235 × 24 mm · 654 g |