[PDF.36fn] Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

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 | #1402641 in Books |  Christine R Yano |  2003-09-01 |  2003-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.63 x5.98l,.83 | File type: PDF | 280 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| ENKA!|By Deep Desert|This may be the only English-language book on the Enka genre, about which it is difficult to find any guides or other information unless you are fluent in the Japanese language. Dr. Yano's approach to this (sadly underappreciated) genre is more from a scholarly approach than as a "fan" of the music, by her own admission, but this book provides a wealth of i

Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute enka's primary audience, this music--of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns, and self-sacrificing mothers--evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness." Overlooked in this emotional invocation of the past, however, are the powerful commercial forces that, since t...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song (Harvard East Asian Monographs)   |  Christine R. Yano.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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