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What Does the Development of Independent Female Artists Mean for the Japanese Music Industry?

Poole, Robert (2005)
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
The recent emergence of strongly independent female singers necessitated an analysis specifically into the treatment of women in music and the representation of these women to the public. Based on a review of current literature and a series of interviews with women living in the Tokyo area and working in various parts of the industry, this paper seeks to capture the real life experiences of women in the Japanese music industry in order to ascertain the reality of feminist issues in Japanese music. A wide variety of themes are addressed and explored, including the historical trends in Japanese music, the rise of independent labels, the issue of media influence and the consumer perspective to these issues. This multidisciplinary research... (More)
The recent emergence of strongly independent female singers necessitated an analysis specifically into the treatment of women in music and the representation of these women to the public. Based on a review of current literature and a series of interviews with women living in the Tokyo area and working in various parts of the industry, this paper seeks to capture the real life experiences of women in the Japanese music industry in order to ascertain the reality of feminist issues in Japanese music. A wide variety of themes are addressed and explored, including the historical trends in Japanese music, the rise of independent labels, the issue of media influence and the consumer perspective to these issues. This multidisciplinary research summarises the experiences of women in a society that traditionally limits them according to the Confucian tradition and then looks into the future to discover further opportunities for equality. Finally, several barriers to freedom that female musicians still face are identified and discussed and this discussion forms the basis for the conclusions that present the industry with ideas for how to better deal with the issue. (Less)
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author
Poole, Robert
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Japan, music industry, female musicians, equality, media influence, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
language
English
id
1331418
date added to LUP
2005-12-28 00:00:00
date last changed
2005-12-28 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The recent emergence of strongly independent female singers necessitated an analysis specifically into the treatment of women in music and the representation of these women to the public. Based on a review of current literature and a series of interviews with women living in the Tokyo area and working in various parts of the industry, this paper seeks to capture the real life experiences of women in the Japanese music industry in order to ascertain the reality of feminist issues in Japanese music. A wide variety of themes are addressed and explored, including the historical trends in Japanese music, the rise of independent labels, the issue of media influence and the consumer perspective to these issues. This multidisciplinary research summarises the experiences of women in a society that traditionally limits them according to the Confucian tradition and then looks into the future to discover further opportunities for equality. Finally, several barriers to freedom that female musicians still face are identified and discussed and this discussion forms the basis for the conclusions that present the industry with ideas for how to better deal with the issue.}},
  author       = {{Poole, Robert}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{What Does the Development of Independent Female Artists Mean for the Japanese Music Industry?}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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