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Beyond Fukushima: Toward a Post-Nuclear Society by Koichi Hasegawa (review)

Beyond Fukushima: Toward a Post-Nuclear Society by Koichi Hasegawa (review) Review Section The last analytical chapter is about recordings. In the discussion, Manabe explores a range of themes, including commercial and independent recordings, control, personal preferences, and allegories. There are sections on the Japanese visual-kei (a type of “glam” rock) band Acid Black Cherry and the female rapper Coma-chi. Through discussions of metaphor, metonym, and a number of other case studies, the reader is provided with a wealth of cultural, social, and political information about Japan in the context of music and protest. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music after Fukushima is a musical remembrance of the 3/11 disasters and the social protest that followed. The author offers important historical background, but the wealth of contemporary cultural information and the social analysis make the book very important for the fields of Japanese studies and ethnomusicology. Cultural creation, musical celebration, and social complexities are explored, albeit in an overarching context of disaster and protest. With a skillful interpretive approach to critical thought, the detail is fascinating and the analyses (music and social) are intriguing. Manabe has produced an outstanding work in the study of music and protest in Japan. Beyond Fukushima: Toward a Post-Nuclear Society. By Koichi http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Japanese Studies Society for Japanese Studies

Beyond Fukushima: Toward a Post-Nuclear Society by Koichi Hasegawa (review)

Aldrich, Daniel P.
The Journal of Japanese Studies , Volume 43 (2) – Jul 22, 2017
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Review Section The last analytical chapter is about recordings. In the discussion, Manabe explores a range of themes, including commercial and independent recordings, control, personal preferences, and allegories. There are sections on the Japanese visual-kei (a type of “glam” rock) band Acid Black Cherry and the female rapper Coma-chi. Through discussions of metaphor, metonym, and a number of other case studies, the reader is provided with a wealth of cultural, social, and political information about Japan in the context of music and protest. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music after Fukushima is a musical remembrance of the 3/11 disasters and the social protest that followed. The author offers important historical background, but the wealth of contemporary cultural information and the social analysis make the book very important for the fields of Japanese studies and ethnomusicology. Cultural creation, musical celebration, and social complexities are explored, albeit in an overarching context of disaster and protest. With a skillful interpretive approach to critical thought, the detail is fascinating and the analyses (music and social) are intriguing. Manabe has produced an outstanding work in the study of music and protest in Japan. Beyond Fukushima: Toward a Post-Nuclear Society. By Koichi

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Published: Jul 22, 2017

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