{"product_id":"popular-music-in-japan-transformation-inspired-by-the-west-paperback","title":"Popular Music in Japan: Transformation Inspired by the West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToru Mitsui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with \u003ci\u003egunka\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eenka\u003c\/i\u003eat the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit songs in the record industry in the years preceding the War, and ranging to the adoption of Western genres after the War--the rise of Japanese folk and rock, domestic exoticism as a new trend and J-Pop--\u003ci\u003ePopular Music in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of popular music in Japan. In eight revised and updated essays written in English by renowned Japanese scholar Toru Mitsui, this book tells the story of popular music in Japan since the late 19th century when Japan began positively embracing the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToru Mitsui\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English and Music at Kanazawa University, Japan, where he taught the first postgraduate course in popular music studies in the country. He has been a corresponding editor for \u003ci\u003ePopular Music\u003c\/i\u003e since 1983, is on the Editorial Board of \u003ci\u003ePopular Music History\u003c\/i\u003e, and is an International Advisory Editor for Bloomsbury's \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Popular Music of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHis publications in English include \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Around the World: Global Technology, Local Singing\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with S. Hosokawa, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eMade in Japan: Studies in Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784585937184,"sku":"9781501391774","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fd8a12a679a1b6ee443289eaaf7d006e.webp?v=1780605745","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/popular-music-in-japan-transformation-inspired-by-the-west-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}