Gimme shelter: enka, self and society in contemporary Japan.

This study examines a genre of Japanese popular music known as enka, and the manner in which devotees of the genre and other stakeholders approach and negotiate with it. Previous academic examinations of enka have tended to locate it as a static musical embodiment of nostalgic ‘Japaneseness’. Relyin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aalgaard, Scott Wade
Other Authors: Endo, Katsuhiko
Format: Others
Language:English
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3385