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List of Figures and Tables 7
Acknowledgements 9
Note on Romanisation and Publication History 13
Introduction: Global Longings with a Cut 15
Cosmopolitan Poses and Haunting Questions 15
From Liumang to Dakou and Balinghou 17
The Geography of Chinese Rock 25
This Book 33
1 Hard Scenes 37
A Scenic Move 37
Underground 43
Heavy Metal 54
Hardcore Punk 60
Hip-hop 68
Interim 74
2 Hyphenated Scenes 75
Multiplicity 75
Folk-rock 75
Pop-rock 84
Pop-punk 88
Fashionable Bands 94
Ending a Scenic Journey 100
3 Subaltern Sounds 103
Marginal Voices 103
Gendering Music 104
Southern Vices 119
Seductive Sounds 129
Femininity, Locality and Opacity 138
4 Musical Taste and Technologies of the Self 139
Music and Society 139
Youth in Fin-de-siecle Beijing 142
Music Preferences and Involvement 148
The Gendered Self 152
Generational Differences 154
Place and Belonging 156
Building Subjectivity 158
The Political Self 161
Technology and Control 163
5 Producing, Localising and Silencing Sounds 167
Seductive Narratives 167
Market Fantasies 169
Cultural Be/Longings 175
Silencing Sounds 180
Commercial Complexities 190
Conclusion: Paradoxical Performances 193
Mirrors 193
Deparadoxicalisation 195
Sonic Hierarchies 198
Binary Socialism 199
Notes 203
Chinese Glossary 217
Appendix I Interviews 223
Appendix II Factor Analysis of Singers 229
Appendix III Popularity of Singers and Bands 230
Bibliography 231
Index 244
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