Description
Book SynopsisBased on interviews, conversations, and observations drawn from extensive field research, Jazz in Contemporary China: Shifting Sounds, Rising Scenes explores the current developments and conditions of Chinese jazz. Negotiating socio-political, cultural, and spatial phenomena, the author provides unique insights for understanding China's modern history through its happenings in jazz, unveiling an insider's look at the musicians and individuals who populate and propel these scenes. This first-hand perspective illuminates how jazz generates and disseminates practices of creativity and individuality in twenty-first-century China.
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Chapter 1: Beijing Jazz: A Center Within the Margins / Chapter 2: Jazz Politics / Chapter 3: Shanghai Jazz: The Cosmopolitan Scene / Chapter 4: Cultural Politics, Identity, and Myth / Chapter 5: Nanjing Jazz & the Case of Suzhou: A Scene Behind the Wall / Chapter 6: Chengdu Jazz: Hybrid Affiliations and Ma Laoban / Chapter 7: Kunming Jazz: Tracing the Exotic / Chapter 8: On the Spatial Diffusion and Dynamics of Chinese Jazz / Concluding Notes: Trends of Creativity and Individuality
