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Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon: A Global Phenomenon
Zhou, Xun, Tarocco, Francesca
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Description for Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon: A Global Phenomenon
Paperback. In Japanese the term Karaoke means, literally, empty orchestra. This book addresses the complexity of this social craze, exploring its emergence in post-war Japan, its development and spread across the world to become a phenomenon that constantly evolved to keep pace with changes in technology and culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
In Japanese the term Karaoke means, literally, empty orchestra. One definition disparagingly describes it as the social sensation from Japan where sufficiently inebriated people embarrass themselves in public by singing along to a music track with the lyrics displayed on a TV screen. In recent years the world has been witnessing a massive worldwide karaoke explosion. In "Karaoke", Zhou Xun and Francesca Tarocco address the complexity of this social craze, exploring its emergence in post-war Japan, its development and spread across the world to become a phenomenon that constantly evolved to keep pace with changes in technology and culture. Drawing ... Read more
In Japanese the term Karaoke means, literally, empty orchestra. One definition disparagingly describes it as the social sensation from Japan where sufficiently inebriated people embarrass themselves in public by singing along to a music track with the lyrics displayed on a TV screen. In recent years the world has been witnessing a massive worldwide karaoke explosion. In "Karaoke", Zhou Xun and Francesca Tarocco address the complexity of this social craze, exploring its emergence in post-war Japan, its development and spread across the world to become a phenomenon that constantly evolved to keep pace with changes in technology and culture. Drawing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893000
SKU
V9781861893000
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99-15
About Zhou, Xun, Tarocco, Francesca
Zhou Xun is ESRC Research Fellow in the History Department at SOAS, University of London, the author of books including Chinese Perceptions of 'Jews' and Judaism (2001) and co-editor with Sander L. Gilman of Smoke: A Global History of Smoking (Reaktion, 2004). Francesca Tarocco is a lecturer in Buddhist Studies at the University of Manchester.
Reviews for Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon: A Global Phenomenon
A glossily illustrated anthropological tour of karaoke in Britain, Brazil, China, Japan and points in between. The Guardian How could a book on Karaoke fail? This one comes beautifully packaged ... It ranges far and wide, from religion to cowboys, from technology to competing invention stories ... the volume is at all times an enjoyable read, made all the more ... Read more