Felicity Jane Greenland    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Language	Japanese
Publication Date	2010/03
Type	Academic Paper
Title	Transition and Transformation: Cross-Cultural Interpretation of Song
Contribution Type	Single author
Journal	『文学部論集』
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	Bukkyo University 佛教大学文学部
Volume, Issue, Page	94,pp.93-107
Total page number	15
Details	Many ‘Western’ songs have been assimilated by Japan since the late 19th century. This paper gives a history of Western music in Japan, followed by 2 case studies ¬ 3 Japanese versions each of ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ and ‘My Grandfather’s Clock’. Japanese and Western interpretations are compared. Finds evidence of active lyrical processes, as historically observed in oral tradition, along with cultural processes reflecting current social and political dialectics. The common song repertoire is found to address social issues at local and global scales, and thus to question entrenched ideologies behind conventional ideas of cultural identity.
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