Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 220 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0813535077
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0813535069
Content:
Music and performance provide a unique window into the ways that cultural information is circulated and perceptions are constructed. Because they both require listening, are inherently ephemeral, and most often involve collaboration between disparate groups, they inform cultural perceptions differently from literary or visual art forms, which tend to be more tangible and stable. In Yellowface, Krystyn R. Moon explores the contributions of writers, performers, producers, and consumers in order to demonstrate how popular music and performance has played an important role in constructing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Imagining China: Early Nineteenth-Century Writings and Musical Productions; Chapter 2: Toward Exclusion: American Popular Songs on Chinese Immigration, 1850-1882; Chapter 3: Chinese and Chinese Immigrant Performers on the American Stage, 1830s-1920s; Chapter 4: The Sounds of Chinese Otherness and American Popular Music, 1880s-1920s; Chapter 5: From Aversion to Fascination: New Lyrics and Voices, 1880s-1920s; Chapter 6: The Rise of Chinese and Chinese American Vaudevillians, 1900s-1920s; Conclusion
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Appendix A. American Popular Songs with Chinese Subjects or ThemesAppendix B. Musicals, Revues, and Plays Produced in the United States with Chinese Songs, Scenes, or Characters; Notes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813535067
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Yellowface Creating the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s
Language:
English
