Full Description
Village ritualists, international classical pianists, pop idols, and professional mourners -- whether they perform in temples, on concert stages, or in TV shows, Chinese musicians continually express and negotiate their gendered identities. Gender in Chinese Music brings together contributions from ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and literary scholars to explore how gender is not only manifested in the diverse musical traditions of Chinese culture but also constructed through performing and observing these traditions.Individual chapters examine unique music cultures ranging from those of courting couples in China's heartlands to ethnic minority singers in the borderlands, and from Ming-period courtesans to contemporary karaoke hostesses. The book also features interviews with musicians, music industry workers, and fans talking about gender. With its wide-ranging subject matter and interdisciplinary approach, this volume will be an important resource for researchers and students interested in how music is implicated in the changing notions of masculinity, femininity, and genders "in between." Contributors: Ruard Absaroka, Rachel Harris, Stephen Jones, Frank Kouwenhoven, Olivia Kraef, Joseph Lam, Rowan Pease, Antoinet Schimmelpenninck, Hwee-San Tan, Shzr Ee Tan, Xiao Mei, Judith Zeitlin, Tiantian Zheng.Rachel Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London.Rowan Pease is a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London.Shzr Ee Tan is Senior Lecturer in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Contents
Introduction - Rachel Harris and Rowan PeaseGender and Music in Local Communities - Stephen JonesThe Pleasures of Print: Illustrated Songbooks from the Late Ming Courtesan World - Judith T. ZeitlinFrom Courtesans to Modern Hostesses: Music and Construction of Gender in the Entertainment Industry in China - Tiantian ZhengAn Interview with Zhang Han, Karaoke Bar Host - Shzr Ee TanImpulsive Scholars and Sentimental Heroes: Contemporary Kunqu Discourses of Traditional Chinese Masculinities - Joseph LamAn Interview with Madame Zinnia Kwok, Amateur Opera Singer - Shzr Ee TanMen Behaving Badly? Shawm Bands of North China - Stephen JonesAn Interview with Coco Zhao, Shanghai Jazz Singer - Ruard AbsarokaNew Chinese Masculinities on the Piano: Lang Lang and Li Yundi - Shzr Ee TanAn Interview with Aloysius Lee, Fan of Singer Faye Wong - Shzr Ee Tan"I Prefer a Man Who Is Fresh like a Jumping Fish": Gender Issues in Shan'ge, Chinese Popular Rural Song - Frank Kouwenhoven and Antoinet SchimmelpenninckAn Interview with Liu Sola, Composer, Singer, Visual Artist, and Novelist - Shzr Ee TanBroken Voices: Ethnic Singing and Gender - Rowan PeaseAn Interview with Li Sisong, Producer and Songwriter - Shzr Ee Tan"Mother's Daughter": Gender Narratives in Nuosu-Yi Women's Musical Expressive Forms - Olivia KraefAn Interview with Xiao Mei, Ethnomusicologist - Shzr Ee Tan"Doing Satan's Business": Negotiating Gendered Concepts of Music and Ritual in Rural Xinjiang - Rachel HarrisBodies, Gender, and Worldviews: Me-mot Spirit Mediums in the Jingxi Region of Guangxi - Xiao MeiVegetarian Sisters: New Configurations of Gender in Buddhism in Southern Fujian - Hwee-San TanSelected BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex
