Sound Communities in the Asia Pacific: Music, Media, and Technology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501360053)

The popularization of radio, television, and the Internet radically transformed musical practice in the Asia Pacific. These technologies bequeathed media broadcasters with a profound authority over the ways we engage with musical culture. Broadcasters use this power to promote distinct cultural traditions, popularize new music, and engage diverse audiences. They also deploy mediated musics as a vehicle for disseminating ideologies, educating the masses, shaping national borders, and promoting political alliances. With original contributions by leading scholars in anthropology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, and media and cultural studies, the 12 essays this book investigate the processes of broadcasting musical culture in the Asia Pacific. We shift our gaze to the mechanisms of cultural industries in eastern Asia and the Pacific islands to understand how oft-invisible producers, musicians, and technologies facilitate, frame, reproduce, and magnify the reach of local culture.

Author: Lon疣 ﾓ. Briain
ISBN-10: 1501360051
ISBN-13: 9781501360053
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2021
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d