Tears of Longing

Tears of Longing
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781684173624
ISBN-13 : 1684173620
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Book Synopsis Tears of Longing by : Christine Yano

Download or read book Tears of Longing written by Christine Yano and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.” Overlooked in this emotional invocation of the past, however, are the powerful commercial forces that, since the 1970s, have shaped the consumption of enka and its version of national identity. Informed by theories of nostalgia, collective memory, cultural nationalism, and gender, this book draws on the author’s extensive fieldwork in probing the practice of identity-making and the processes at work when Japan becomes “Japan.”


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