Making music in Japan's underground [ the Tokyo hardcore scene

Grounded in the fields of ethnomusicology, anthropology, popular music studies, and Japanese studies, this book explores the underground Tokyo hardcore scene, asking what play as resistance through performance of the scene tells us about Japanese society in general

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matsue, Jennifer Milioto , 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:East Asia
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The underground Tokyo hardcore scene
  • 2. Trains, 20,000volt, Tower Records, and the illicit intimacy of the spaces of play
  • 3. Schoolboys, aspiring stars, underground girls, and the multiple identities of the people who play
  • 4. More than the musical in the performance of hardcore