The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima 0199334692, 9780199334698, 9780199334681
Nuclear power has been a contentious issue in Japan since the 1950s, and in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power
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English Pages 464 [465] Year 2015
Table of contents :
Cover
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Japanese
About the Companion Website
Section One The Background
Chapter 1. Introduction: Analyzing Political Music Under Self-Censorship
Chapter 2. The Nuclear Past and Present: Structures of Power and Civil Resistance
Chapter 3. Musicians in the Antinuclear Movement: Motivations, Roles, and Risks
Section Two Spaces of Protest
Chapter 4. Cyberspace: Playback and Participation
5.1. Introduction to Music in Demonstrations
5.2. Emergence of Sound Demonstrations
5.3. The Evolution of Performance Style in Antinuclear Sound Demonstrations
5.4. Urban Geography, Music, and Protest
Chapter 6. Festivals: Differing Models of Communication
Chapter 7. Recordings: Allegories, Metaphors, and Metonyms
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Protesting Under (and Against) Constraints
Selected Interviews by the Author
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions
Index
