Dear list members,
Although it is a rather immodest act of self
promotion, please allow me to share the
publication of my new book on Chinese popular
music. Below you can find more details,
hopefully it is useful for you and/or your libraries.
all the best,
Jeroen de Kloet, Dept. of Mediastudies, University of Amsterdam
Jeroen de Kloet
China with a Cut
Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music
In the wake of intense globalisation and
commercialisation in the 1990s, China saw the
emergence of a vibrant popular culture. Drawing
on sixteen years of research, Jeroen de Kloet
explores the popular music industry in Beijing,
Hong Kong and Shanghai, providing a fascinating
history of its emergence and extensive audience
analysis, while also exploring the effect of
censorship on the music scene in China.
China with a Cut pays particular attention to
the dakou culture: so named after a cut nicked
into the edge to render them unsellable, these
illegally imported Western CDs still play most
of the tracks. They also played a crucial role
in the emergence of the new music and youth
culture. De Kloet?s impressive study
demonstrates how the young Chinese cope with the
rapid economic and social changes in a period of
intense globalisation, and offers a unique
insight into the socio-cultural and political
transformations of a rising global power.
Jeroen de Kloet is assistant professor at the
Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Reviews
?How does sound become local in the global age?
This is the question posed by Jeroen de Kloet.
As much an ethnography of the subjectivities
articulated to pop music practices as it is an
interrogation of the assumptions of
sinocentricity, this book constitutes a
provocative statement on ?Chineseness? at the
crossroads of contemporary media, everyday life,
and geopolitics.? ? Rey Chow, Duke University
?Jeroen de Kloet provides a rich and fascinating
account of the myriad forms of rock in
contemporary China. This book transformed my
understanding of contemporary Chinese culture ?
and of rock music beyond Europe and North
America.? ? David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds
?An authoritative, scholarly and up-to-date
account of an important and fascinating field of
popular music which sets a new benchmark in
global music studies.? ? Tony Mitchell, University of Technology Sydney
Order: please go to
<http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089641625&l=2>http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089641625&l=2
