Vietnamese youth at the end of the second and beginning of the third millennium are influenced by the challenges generated by a number of seemingly opposite ideologies and realities, such as "the past" versus "the present," socialism versus capitalism, and cultural traditionalism versus globalization. Vietnam has undergone a radical demographic shift with a very pronounced youth movement, and consequently, Vietnamese popular culture has been radically reshaped by a young population coming of age in the twenty-first century. As Olsen reveals, the way Vietnamese young people cope with these opposing and contrasting forces is often expressed in their active and passive music making.
Vietnamese youth at the end of the second and beginning of the third millennium are influenced by the challenges generated by a number of seemingly opposite ideologies and realities, such as "the past" versus "the present," socialism versus capitalism, and cultural traditionalism versus globalization. Vietnam has undergone a radical demographic shift with a very pronounced youth movement, and consequently, Vietnamese popular culture has been radically reshaped by a young population coming of age in the twenty-first century. As Olsen reveals, the way Vietnamese young people cope with these opposing and contrasting forces is often expressed in their active and passive music making.
Popular Music of Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, the Economics of Forgetting
308
Popular Music of Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, the Economics of Forgetting
308
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415883979 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 06/18/2010 |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Ethnomusicology |
| Pages: | 308 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |