{"product_id":"tears-of-longing-nostalgia-and-the-nation-in-japanese-popular-song-paperback-2","title":"Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine R. Yano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnka\u003c\/i\u003e, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the \u003ci\u003enihonjin no kokoro\u003c\/i\u003e (heart\/soul of Japanese). To older members of the Japanese public, who constitute \u003ci\u003eenka\u003c\/i\u003e's primary audience, this music--of parted lovers, long unseen rural hometowns, and self-sacrificing mothers--evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of \"Japaneseness.\" Overlooked in this emotional invocation of the past, however, are the powerful commercial forces that, since the 1970s, have shaped the consumption of \u003ci\u003eenka\u003c\/i\u003e and its version of national identity. Informed by theories of nostalgia, collective memory, cultural nationalism, and gender, this book draws on the author's extensive fieldwork in probing the practice of identity-making and the processes at work when Japan becomes \"Japan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.58 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762252210373,"sku":"9780674012769","price":52.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/1Im5kGtDO39780674012769.webp?v=1781262740","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/tears-of-longing-nostalgia-and-the-nation-in-japanese-popular-song-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}