Presence Through Sound narrates and analyses, through a range of
case studies on selected musics of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and
Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and 'place' intersect
and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It explores how place
is significant to the many contexts in which music is made and
experienced, especially in contemporary forms of longstanding
traditions but also in other landscapes such as popular music and
in the design of performance spaces. It shows how music creates and
challenges borders, giving significance to geographical and
cartographic spaces at local, national, and international levels,
and illustrates how music is used to interpret relationships with
ecology and environment, spirituality and community, and state and
nation. The volume brings together scholars from Australia, China,
Denmark, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the UK, each of whom explores a
specific genre or topic in depth. Each nuanced account finds
distinct and at times different aspects to be significant but, in
demonstrating the ability of music to mediate the construction of
place and by showing how those who create and consume music use it
to inhabit the intimate, and to project themselves out into their
surroundings, each points to interconnections across the region and
beyond with respect to perception, conception, expression, and
interpretation. In Presence Through Sound, ethnomusicology meets
anthropology, literature, linguistics, area studies, and -
particularly pertinent to East Asia in the twenty-first century -
local musicologies. The volume serves a broad academic readership
and provides an essential resource for all those interested in East
Asia.
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