{"product_id":"music-as-maos-weapon-9780252086212","title":"Music as Maos Weapon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book opens a new window to events during the Mao era; it undermines our preconceived bias about the events of that phase and is full of musical pieces of the period, providing a distinct picture of the society at that time. . . . Scholars trying to understand Chinese culture and East Asian Studies should go through this book, as the multidisciplinary approach of Lei would lead them to explore something new and fresh in the field.\" --\u003ci\u003eInternational Institute for Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMusic as Mao's Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e is well-written and comes with detailed background information, photographs, music examples and song lists, which makes it attractive also to the non-China expert. It exposes strategies of revolutionary music composition and investigates its effects on the individual in the highly politicized and violent context of the Cultural Revolution. . . . Ouyang's book offers stimulating insight into why, how, and to whom this musical heritage is still meaningful today.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e  Notes on Pinyin, Surnames, Transliteration, and Translation xvii\u003cbr\u003e  1 Researching the Battlefield 1\u003cbr\u003e  2 Music and Politics 23\u003cbr\u003e  Memories of the Battlefield: “It’s in Your Bones, It’s in Your Blood” 71\u003cbr\u003e  3 Music and Childhood 76\u003cbr\u003e  Memories of the Battlefield: “Learning Music to Avoid Going ‘Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside’” 103\u003cbr\u003e  4 Music and Memory 109\u003cbr\u003e  Memories of the Battlefield: “You Hear These Songs and You Are Inspired” 131\u003cbr\u003e  5 Conclusions 138\u003cbr\u003e  Appendix A Brief Historical Context of the Cultural Revolution 155\u003cbr\u003e  Appendix B Sixty-Five Children’s Songs in New Songs of the Battlefield 159\u003cbr\u003e  Chinese Character Glossary 163\u003cbr\u003e  Notes 169\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography 177\u003cbr\u003e  Index 191","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400519819607,"sku":"9780252086212","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252086212.jpg?v=1730470882","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/music-as-maos-weapon-9780252086212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}