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Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins
Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins
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Since the mid-twentieth century, music has played a central role in encounters and interactions between the people of Japan and those of African descent. It proved far more effective for pro- moting interracial dialogue and understanding than efforts in the early 1900s to foster an alliance against white supremacy and imperialism. This essay unpacks the ways that encounters with Black music transformed Japanese musicking and generated knowledge and empathy for people of African descent among Japanese. Personal interactions between Black and Japanese musicians constituted a process of “grassroots globalization” that circumvented the dominance of American mass media in representing African …
Popular Culture, E. Taylor Atkins
Popular Culture, E. Taylor Atkins
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Overview of popular culture in Japanese history.
Inventing Jazztowns And Internationalizing Local Identities In Japan, E. Taylor Atkins
Inventing Jazztowns And Internationalizing Local Identities In Japan, E. Taylor Atkins
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Describes the respective claims of port cities Yokohama and Kobe to be the points of entry for jazz in Japan.