Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: East Asian music as intangible cultural heritage, Keith Howard; Intangible cultural heritage in China today: policy and practice in the early 21st century, Helen Rees; Ee, mang gay dor ga ey (Hey, why don't you sing)? Imagining the future for Kam Big Song, Catherine Ingram; Strumming the 'lost mouth chord': discourses of preserving the Nuosu-Yi mouth harp, Olivia Kraef; From transformation to preservation: music and multi-ethnic unity on television in China, Lauren Gorfinkel; Authenticity and authority: conflicting agendas in the preservation of music and dance at Korea's state sacrificial rituals, Keith Howard; A tradition of adaptation: preserving the ritual for Paebaengi, Roald Maliangkay; Lessons from the past: Nanguan/Nanyin and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage in Taiwan, Ying-fen Wang; Dichotomies between 'classical' and 'folk' in the intangible cultural properties of Japan, Shino Arisawa; Promoting and preserving the Chichibu Night Festival: the impact of cultural policy on the transmission of Japanese folk performing arts, Jane Alaszewska; Whose heritage? Cultural properties legislation and regional identity in Okinawa, Matt Gillan; References; Index.