{"product_id":"yellow-music-9780822326854","title":"Yellow Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents the history of the emergence of Chinese popular music and the larger urban media culture with which it was closely associated in early twentieth-century China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eYellow Music \u003c\/i\u003epushes commonsense presumptions forward by complicating theory with solid empirical study. Jones weaves rich information and intriguing conclusions throughout this historically grounded book.”—Miriam Silverberg, author of \u003ci\u003eChanging Song: The Marxist Manifestos of Nakano Shigeharu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eYellow Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastic, one-of-a-kind read: a beautifully written, theoretically rich, and empirically grounded story about the relationship between American jazz music and the politics of colonialism and modernity in China during the interwar years. Andrew F. Jones puts the question of music at the center of debates about the role of the popular in the making of modern China.”—Ralph Litzinger, author of \u003ci\u003eOther Chinas: The Yao and the Politics of National Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jones illuminates Chinese cultural and political history from an unknown angle—that of popular music and an emergent transnational mass culture. In doing so, he not only enriches our understanding of this history but also makes an original contribution.”—Prasenjit Duara, author of \u003ci\u003eRescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Listening to Jazz Age China 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Orchestration of Chinese Musical Life 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Gramophone in China 53\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Yellow Music of Li Jinhui 73\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mass Music and the Politics of Phonographic Realism 105\u003cbr\u003e Glossary 137\u003cbr\u003e Notes 147\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 183\u003cbr\u003e Index 207","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884712636759,"sku":"9780822326854","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822326854.jpg?v=1722533134","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/yellow-music-9780822326854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}