{"product_id":"soundtracks-of-asian-america-9780822357841","title":"Soundtracks of Asian America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoundtracks of Asian America\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Asian Americans use music to construct narratives of self, race, class, and belonging in national and transnational spaces by considering the experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in Western classical music, U.S. popular music, and Mandopop (Mandarin-language popular music).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSoundtracks of Asian America\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely articulate, insightful investigation of racial imagination as it relates to Asian Americans and Asian diasporas. . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” -- A. C. Shahriari * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eSoundtracks of Asian America\u003c\/i\u003e] is an engaging and thought-provoking addition to cultural studies that uses music-making as a microcosm to draw out difficult racial themes.\" -- Felicity Clark * Popular Music *\u003cbr\u003e\"In following stereotypes across different social domains, Wang opens up some broader questions about Asian American musical geographies and practices of community formation. Future research on these issues will greatly profit from close readings of Soundtracks of Asian America.\" -- Timothy Laurie * Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Wang] is restrained in her deployment of a reflexive voice, yet her previous experiences as a U.S.-trained violinist who performed a stint with Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra (p. 5) clearly give her rich personal insight into the subject at hand. The book will find warm welcome in a range of disciplinary settings, from Asian and Asian American studies to musicology and media studies. Incisively and engagingly written, it will also serve as an invaluable resource for students and scholars seeking insight into topics as diverse as transnational stardom, the cultural politics of online media, music pedagogy, and the anthropology of the conservatory.\" -- Meredith Schweig * Notes *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Soundtracks of Asian America        1   1. Interlopers in the Realm of High Culture: \"Music Moms\" and the Performance of Asian Difference        28   2. \"This Is No Monkey Show\": Racializing Musical Performance        64   3. A Love Song to YouTube: Celebrity and Fandom Online        101   4. Finding Sonic Belonging Abroad: Reimagining Chinese American Subjectivities through Diaspora        143   Epilogue. Enter the \"Tiger Mother\"        186   Acknowledgments        193   Notes        195   Bibliography        245   Index        257","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406084383063,"sku":"9780822357841","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822357841.jpg?v=1730494471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/soundtracks-of-asian-america-9780822357841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}