"Su Zheng is an engaged musician / scholar in dialogue with the negotiated musics in Asian / Chinese America. She has lived and researched a range of genres and writes with deep knowledge of diasporic cultural practices. This is a sophisticated, important study full of local resonances and of transnational scales."--John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University & Museum of Chinese in America
"From traditional Chinese music to contemporary jazz, Su Zheng moves seamlessly from the 19th to the 21st century to demonstrate that music is a powerful and vital cultural expression of the Asian/Chinese American disapora."--K. Scott Wong, Williams College
"Zheng's insightful and well-articulated work is firmly grounded in anthropological and ethnomusicological research, and proves to be an indispensable source for anyone in the field of Asian studies, as well as anyone interested in diasporic issues concerning Chinese American culture and music."--Notes
"Claiming Diaspora is an important contribution to the growing body of work examining the musical activities of Asian Americans...The excellent historical information and rich and moving ethnographic interviews will certainly please anyone interested in the struggles, triumphs, and sorrows of Chinese American musicians, but the critical advancement of the concept of diaspora strikes me as a crowning achievement."--Journal of the Society for American Music
"Provides numerous informative, thoughtful, and refreshing insights by analyzing Chinese American history and its musical culture in terms of diaspora and transnational
connections. I would recommend the book to anyone who is interested in studying
the issues of Chinese American identity, Chinese music, Chinese diaspora, or more generally diaspora, transnationalism and cultural identity." --World of Music
Review
"Su Zheng is an engaged musician / scholar in dialogue with the negotiated musics in Asian / Chinese America. She has lived and researched a range of genres and writes with deep knowledge of diasporic cultural practices. This is a sophisticated, important study full of local resonances and of transnational scales."--John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University & Museum of Chinese in America
"From traditional Chinese music to contemporary jazz, Su Zheng moves seamlessly from the 19th to the 21st century to demonstrate that music is a powerful and vital cultural expression of the Asian/Chinese American disapora."--K. Scott Wong, Williams College
"Zheng's insightful and well-articulated work is firmly grounded in anthropological and ethnomusicological research, and proves to be an indispensable source for anyone in the field of Asian studies, as well as anyone interested in diasporic issues concerning Chinese American culture and music."--Notes
"Claiming Diaspora is an important contribution to the growing body of work examining the musical activities of Asian Americans...The excellent historical information and rich and moving ethnographic interviews will certainly please anyone interested in the struggles, triumphs, and sorrows of Chinese American musicians, but the critical advancement of the concept of diaspora strikes me as a crowning achievement."--Journal of the Society for American Music
"Provides numerous informative, thoughtful, and refreshing insights by analyzing Chinese American history and its musical culture in terms of diaspora and transnational
connections. I would recommend the book to anyone who is interested in studying
the issues of Chinese American identity, Chinese music, Chinese diaspora, or more generally diaspora, transnationalism and cultural identity." --World of Music
About the Author
Su Zheng is Associate Professor and Chair of Music, as well as Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, at Wesleyan University. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China.
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