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Book SynopsisSonic Multiplicities is a fascinating book, with essays rich in empirical detail and – captivatingly combining the personal and the theoretical – evocative of the complexities of experience, desire and politics in our perplexingly mobile and entangled world. The book focuses on Hong Kong pop music as part of a translocal, if not global network of flows, providing a starting point for the authors to unsettle received notions of Chineseness, place and identity, of particular importance in a time when we need to come to terms with and resist, the increasingly stifling discourse of 'the rise of China'.
Trade Review'An intriguing study of pop culture'
-- Pop Matters, Subashini Navaratnam
'A rich and fascinating analysis of Hong Kong popular music ... a much-welcome addition to the study of Hong Kong culture. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Hong Kong popular music in particular and popular culture in general.'
-- Chun-Yi Lee, China Information
'Sonic Multiplicities is an exciting read for anyone who is interested in Hong Kong pop, Chinese popular music, or Chinese popular culture in general.'
-- Qian Wang, International Journal of Communication
'The intellectual strength of Sonic Multiplicities lies in its multifaceted approach, which examines both the production and the products of popular music. Each chapter discusses the ‘sonic multiplicities’ of Hong Kong Pop from different perspectives, ranging fromthe stories of individuals to the sounds of big hits, and to the voice of Hong Kong as a city. In doing so, the authors successfully contextualize these multiplicities in Hong Kong Pop’s global circulation. These attempts have valuable implications for both East Asian studies and popular culture research. The broad coverage of this book also makes it a particularly useful reference for anyone interested in contemporary Hong Kong music'
-- Music & Letters, Shan Huang
'Refreshingly penetrating insights and critical dissections'
-- Chinese Journal of Communication, Liew Kai Khiun
'Their book is full of fascinating detail, but its importance lies most of all in its resistance to the ascendancy of discourse centred around the allegedly irrevocable rise of China'
-- European Journal of Communication
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: SONIC MULTIPLICITIES
Chapter 1: ME AND THE DRAGON: A LYRICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLITICS OF CHINESENESS
Chapter 2: THE PRODUCTION OF LOCALITY IN GLOBAL POP – A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POP FANS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND HONG KONG
Chapter 3: BLOWING IN THE CHINA WIND: ENGAGEMENTS WITH CHINESENESS IN HONG KONG’S ZHONGGUOFENG MUSIC VIDEOS
Chapter 4: SEX, MORALITY AND CANTOPOP
Chapter 5: BUILDING MEMORIES – A STUDY OF POP VENUES IN HONG KONG
Chapter 6: OLYMPIC CELEBRATIONS AND PERFORMATIVE CONTESTATIONS
Chapter 7: MUSIC, DESIRE AND THE TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS OF CHINESENESS: FOLLOWING DIANA
