Claiming diaspora :
Zheng, Su,
Claiming diaspora : music, transnationalism, and cultural politics in Asian/Chinese America / Su Zheng. - 1 online resource. - American musicspheres . - American musicspheres. .
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and discography, and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Musical Examples; List of Tables; Technical Notes; 1. Introduction; 2. The Formation of a Diasporic Musical Culture as a Site of Contradiction; 3. New York and the Transpacific Routes: Music in the Racialized History of Chinese American Experience; 4. Music Here and Now: A Diasporic Soundscape in a Global City; 5. From Private Realm to Public Display of Multiculturalism: Mapping the Local Geocultural Processes of Music Production, Consumption, and (Re)Presentations. 6. "Our Goal Is to Be in Sync with Other Areas of the World": Transnational Media Culture and Popular Music7. The Poetics and Politics of Displacement: Portraits of Seven Immigrant Musicians; 8. The Ambiguities of Cultural Politics in Asian/Chinese American Music Discourse; Appendix I. Chinese American Musical Groups in the New York-New Jersey-Greater New York Metropolitan Area; Appendix II. Sheung Chi Ng's Taishan Muyu Song Repertories; Appendix III. Complete Chinese Texts of Poems and Lyrics Cited; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Notes.
Framed by a century and a half of racialized Chinese American musical experiences, Claiming Diaspora explores the thriving contemporary musical culture of Asian/Chinese America. Ranging from traditional operas to modern instrumental music, from ethnic media networks to popular music, from Asian American jazz to the work of recent avant-garde composers, author Su Zheng reveals the rich and diverse musical activities among Chinese Americans and tells of the struggles of Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in the American cultural terrain. She not only tells their stories, but also examines the.
Chinese text of cited works in appendix.
9780199722822 019972282X 0195134370 9780195134377
Chinese Americans--Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Music--History and criticism.--United States
Chinese Americans--Social life and customs.--New York (State)--New York
Group identity--New York (State)--New York.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Classical.
MUSIC--Reference.
Chinese Americans--Social life and customs.
Group identity.
Music.
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
ML3560.C5
780.89/951073
Claiming diaspora : music, transnationalism, and cultural politics in Asian/Chinese America / Su Zheng. - 1 online resource. - American musicspheres . - American musicspheres. .
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and discography, and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Musical Examples; List of Tables; Technical Notes; 1. Introduction; 2. The Formation of a Diasporic Musical Culture as a Site of Contradiction; 3. New York and the Transpacific Routes: Music in the Racialized History of Chinese American Experience; 4. Music Here and Now: A Diasporic Soundscape in a Global City; 5. From Private Realm to Public Display of Multiculturalism: Mapping the Local Geocultural Processes of Music Production, Consumption, and (Re)Presentations. 6. "Our Goal Is to Be in Sync with Other Areas of the World": Transnational Media Culture and Popular Music7. The Poetics and Politics of Displacement: Portraits of Seven Immigrant Musicians; 8. The Ambiguities of Cultural Politics in Asian/Chinese American Music Discourse; Appendix I. Chinese American Musical Groups in the New York-New Jersey-Greater New York Metropolitan Area; Appendix II. Sheung Chi Ng's Taishan Muyu Song Repertories; Appendix III. Complete Chinese Texts of Poems and Lyrics Cited; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Notes.
Framed by a century and a half of racialized Chinese American musical experiences, Claiming Diaspora explores the thriving contemporary musical culture of Asian/Chinese America. Ranging from traditional operas to modern instrumental music, from ethnic media networks to popular music, from Asian American jazz to the work of recent avant-garde composers, author Su Zheng reveals the rich and diverse musical activities among Chinese Americans and tells of the struggles of Chinese Americans to gain a foothold in the American cultural terrain. She not only tells their stories, but also examines the.
Chinese text of cited works in appendix.
9780199722822 019972282X 0195134370 9780195134377
Chinese Americans--Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Music--History and criticism.--United States
Chinese Americans--Social life and customs.--New York (State)--New York
Group identity--New York (State)--New York.
MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Classical.
MUSIC--Reference.
Chinese Americans--Social life and customs.
Group identity.
Music.
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
ML3560.C5
780.89/951073