Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China 9780824876029

When itinerant singers from China’s countryside become iconic artists, worlds collide. The lives and performances of the

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Song King: Connecting People, Places, and Past in Contemporary China
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Song King as Medium
CHAPTER 1. The Meanings of a Life
CHAPTER 2. An Education through Song
CHAPTER 3. Representing the Region
CHAPTER 4. Culture Paves the Way
CHAPTER 5. Mediating the Rural and Urban
CHAPTER 6. Between Here and There
CHAPTER 7. Connecting Past, Present, and Future
Epilogue: Global Song Kings and Queens
Notes
References
Index

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