Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song
(Book #206 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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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." Overlooked in this emotional invocation of the past, however, are the powerful commercial...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674012763
ISBN13:9780674012769
Release Date:September 2003
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 9.6"
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