Affiliation:
1. Nancy Guy is an ethnomusicologist and Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego. Her research has focused primarily on the musics of Taiwan and China. The questions most prominent in her scholarly work involve issues of identity formation, the meaning and uses of expressive culture in electoral politics, and the ecocritical study of music. Her book Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan (University of Illinois Press, 2005) won the 2006 ASCAP Béla Bartók Award for Excellence in...
Abstract
Released in 1934, “A Flower in the Rainy Night” (U iā hoe) is often considered one of the most heart-rending of old Taiwanese songs. On the eve of the 2002 Taipei mayoral election, Taiwan's former president, Lee Teng-hui, closed the rally for the underdog candidate by leading a crowd of 50,000 in singing the song. An analysis of ethnographic, literary, and media sources indicates that the song serves as an elaborating symbol and aids in conceptualizing the order of the world, making ties between the past and present, and offering visions of alternative futures.
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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