Tears of longing : nostalgia and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano.
Tears of longing : nostalgia and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano.
Tears of longing : nostalgia and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano.
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Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N782.42164/98
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English
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viii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2002.
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"Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the "nihonjin no kokoro" (heart/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute enka's primary audience, this music - of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns, and self-sacrificing mothers - evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness." O...
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Tears of longing : nostalgia and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano.
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 206.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.
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N782.42164/98
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74VvxKEq5WDO
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0674008456 (cloth )
9780674008458 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674008456 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674008458 (cloth )
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782.421640952
782.420952
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991016701369702626
