Popular Music in Japan: Transformation Inspired by the West

Contents

• List of Figures Preface Notes on names, spelling and translation A note on the cover image Transformation inspired by the West (1)
• 1. The French Revolution and the emergence of enka Transformation inspired by the West (2)
• 2. Songs in triple time sung in duple time Transformation inspired by the West (3)
• 3. "Sing Me a Song of Araby" and "My Blue Heaven": When the production of hit songs began in the late 1920s Transformation inspired by the West (4)
• 4. Far Western in the Far East: Japanese Country & Western Transformation inspired by the West (5)
• 5. Music and protest in the late 1960s: the rise of underground folk Transformation inspired by the West (6)
• 6. Japan in Japan: looking for inexpensive, potential stars from abroad Transformation inspired by the West (7)
• 7. Nurturing the Japanese version of an American tradition: music from the South Transformation inspired by the West (8)
• 8. Domestic exoticism: a trend in the age of 'world music' Transformation inspired by the West (9) References Index