Cheng, Ya-Hui, <br/><br/>
The evolution of Chinese popular music  modernization and globalization, 1927 to the present /  [electronic resource] : 
Ya-Hui Cheng. 
 - [First edition.]. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon ;  New York :  Routledge,  2023. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Ashgate popular and folk music series .
<br/><br/> Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres - jazz, rock, and hip-hop - in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization. The political sensitivities across the strait have long eclipsed the discussion of these shared sonic intimacies. It was not until the rise of the digital age, when entertainment programs from China and Taiwan reached social media on a global scale, that audiences realized the existence of this sonic reciprocation. Analyzing Chinese pentatonicism and popular songs published from 1927 to the present, this book discusses structural elements in Chinese popular music to show how they aligned closely with Chinese folk traditions. While the influences from Western genres are inevitable under the phenomenon of globalization, Chinese songwriters utilized these Western inspirations to modernize their musical traditions. It is a sensitivity for exhibiting cultural identities that enabled popular music to present a unique Chinese global image while transcending political discord and unifying mass cultures across the strait. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781000866834 1000866831 9781003309574 1003309577 9781000866728 1000866726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular music--Social aspects--History.--China<br/>Music and globalization--History.--China<br/>Music--Western influences.--China<br/>MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal<br/>MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz<br/>MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.630951