This collection of thirteen essays examines cultural, political, economic, technological and institutional aspects of popular music across Asia, from India to J

Examining the cultural, political, economic, technological and institutional aspects of popular music throughout Asia, this book is the first comprehensive anal

Popular Culture in Asia consists studies of film, music, architecture, television, and computer-mediated communication in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the

Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres – jazz, rock, and hip-hop – in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped th

Since the mid-1990s, Taiwan’s unique brand of Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese–language pop music) has dictated the musical tastes of the mainland and the rest of