Abstract
This chapter discusses the role of music in the imagination of self, community, and nation. It includes topics such as Tibetan pop music, ‘anti-extremism’ campaigns in Xinjiang, Cantopop in Hong Kong, and contemporary revivals of ‘red songs’. Chapter contents: 3.0 Introduction (by Paul Kendall) 3.1 Performing Devotion: Revitalised ‘Red Songs,’ Choral Flash Mobs, and National Identity (by Sheng Zou) 3.2 Rethinking Hong Kong Identity through Cantopop: The 1980s as an Example (by Yiu-Wai Chu) 3.3 Tibetan Popular Music: Politics and Complexities (by Anna Morcom) 3.4 Music in the Disciplinary Regimes of Xinjiang’s ‘Anti-Extremism’ Campaign (by Rachel Harris)
Publisher
University of Westminster Press