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Nenes' Koza Dabasa: Okinawa in the World Music Market

Nenes' Koza Dabasa: Okinawa in the World Music Market

Johnson, Henry
Manabe, Noriko

Hardcover

Series: 33 1/3 Japan

Japanese HistoryMusic ReferenceWorld Music

ISBN10: 1501351249
ISBN13: 9781501351242
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Feb 11 2021
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Koza Dabasa explores Okinawa's island culture and its ghosts of war through the lens of Nenes, a four-woman pop group that draws on the distinctiveness and exoticism of Okinawan musical tradition. Both a tropical island paradise and the site of some of the bloodiest battles of World War II, Okinawa has a unique culture and a contentious history. Its musical traditions are distinct from other parts of Japan, varying in instrumentation, poetic forms, and musical scales. Nenes marks its cultural difference as Okinawan by emphasizing its own exoticism, expressed through its music, fashion, imagery, and performance style. Henry Johnson listens to Koza Dabasa as a representation of Okinawa's relationship with the Japanese music industry and with the broader themes of international warfare and local tourism.

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