Abstract
As one of the key parts of metropolitan life and popular culture in contemporary China, Karaoke has so far eluded the scope of scholarly study. This paper aims not just at analyzing the phenomena spurred by Karaoke activity but essentially at developing a structural analysis of this activity itself. By juxtaposing Karaoke against the Confucian thought on music, this paper argues that the structure of Karaoke constitutes a key feature of modernity and manifests what I call the “crisis of sincerity.”
| Translated title of the contribution | Karaoke-Style Rituals and Music: On the Practice of Karaoke and the Problem of Modernity |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 89-101 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Jul 2015 |