Made in Taiwan

<p><em>Made in Taiwan: Studies in Popular Music</em> serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary Taiwanese popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of Taiwanese music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Taiwan and provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Taiwan, followed by essays organized into thematic sections: Trajectories, Identities, Issues, and Interactions.</p> <p>List of Illustrations</p><p>Notes on Contributors</p><p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgments</p><p>Introduction: Problematizing and Contextualizing Taiwanese Popular Music</p><p>Eva Tsai, Tung- hung Ho, and Miaoju Jian</p><p>Part I: Trajectories</p><p>1 Profi ling a Postwar Trajectory of Taiwanese Popular Music: Nativism in Metamorphosis and Its Alternatives</p><p>Tung- hung Ho</p><p>2 Producing Mandopop in 1960s Taiwan: When a Prolific Composer Met a Pioneering Entrepreneur</p><p>Szu- Wei Chen</p><p>3 The Development of the Indigenous “Mountain Music Industry” and “Mountain Songs” (1960– 1970s): Production and Competition</p><p>Kuo- chao Huang</p><p>Part II: Identities</p><p>4 Entangled Identities: Th e Music and Social Signifi cance of Hsu Shih, a Vanguard Composer of Taiyu Ballads</p><p>C.S. Stone Shih</p><p>5 The Cultural Hybridization of Taiyu Pop Songs: The Case of Taiyu Covers of Japanese Tunes</p><p>Yu- yuan Huang</p><p>6 Rock and Roll from Rest and Recreation (R&R): The Collective Memory of the Aging Pop- Rock Lovers in Taiwan</p><p>Meng Tze Chu</p><p>7 Chrysanthemum Fields Forever: The Labor Exchange Band, Taiwanese Folk Rock, and the LP Form</p><p>Andrew F. Jones</p><p>Part III: Issues</p><p>8 How Taiwanese Students Learn: High School Extracurricular Clubs and the Making of Young Rock Musicians</p><p>Chi- chung Wang</p><p>9 Tacky and World- Class: Hsieh Jin- yen, Taiwan EDM, and the Reinvigoration of <i>Tai</i></p><p>Eva Tsai</p><p>10 Muscular Vernaculars: Braggadocio, “Academic Rappers,” and Alternative Hip- Hop Masculinity in Taiwan</p><p>Hao- li Lin</p><p>Part IV: Interactions</p><p>11 Indie Music as Cool Ambassadors? Export- Oriented Cultural Policy in Taiwan, 2010– 2017</p><p>Yu- peng Lin and Hui- ju Tsai</p><p>12 Multidimensionality of Chineseness in Taiwan’s Mandopop: Jay Chou’s China Wind Pop and the Transnational Audience</p><p>Chen- yu Lin</p><p>13 “The Eternal Sweetheart for the Nation”: A Political Epitaph for Teresa Teng’s Music Journey in Taiwan</p><p>Chen-ching Cheng</p><p>CODA 211</p><p>14 How Taiwanese Indie Music Embraces the World: Global Mandopop, East Asian DIY Networks, and the Translocal Entrepreneurial Promoters</p><p>Miaoju Jian</p><p>AFTERWORD</p><p>15 Orbiting and Down- to- Earth: A Conversation with Lim Giong about His Music, Art, and Mind</p><p>Miaoju Jian, Tung- hung Ho, and Eva Tsai</p><p>A Selected Bibliography on Popular Music in Taiwan</p><p>Index</p>