Music as Mao's Weapon
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08621-2 (ISBN)
Perceptive and provocative, Music as Mao's Weapon is an insightful look at the exploitation and manipulation of the arts under authoritarianism.
Lei X. Ouyang is an associate professor of music at Swarthmore College.
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Notes on Pinyin, Surnames, Transliteration, and Translation xvii
1 Researching the Battlefield 1
2 Music and Politics 23
Memories of the Battlefield: “It’s in Your Bones, It’s in Your Blood” 71
3 Music and Childhood 76
Memories of the Battlefield: “Learning Music to Avoid Going ‘Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside’” 103
4 Music and Memory 109
Memories of the Battlefield: “You Hear These Songs and You Are Inspired” 131
5 Conclusions 138
Appendix A Brief Historical Context of the Cultural Revolution 155
Appendix B Sixty-Five Children’s Songs in New Songs of the Battlefield 159
Chinese Character Glossary 163
Notes 169
Bibliography 177
Index 191
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.01.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 13 black & white photographs, 13 music examples, 13 tables, glossary |
Verlagsort | Baltimore |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 399 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-252-08621-X / 025208621X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-08621-2 / 9780252086212 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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