Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the socio-cultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The final section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodification of the island on its indigenous minorities.
This focuses on the German music market. In addition to highlighting the current state of the Ger... more This focuses on the German music market. In addition to highlighting the current state of the German music market the journal features three papers; "Success factors for music-based crowdfunding as a new means of financing music projects"; "Buried by administration: How the music industry loses its creativity. An empirical study of German music labels and publishers" and "The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany"
The International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) as a double-blind reviewed academic ... more The International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) as a double-blind reviewed academic journal provides a new platform to present articles of merit and to shed light on the current state of the art of music business research. Music business research is a scientific approach at the intersection of economic, artistic, especially musical, cultural, social, legal, technological developments that aims at a better understanding of the creation/production, dissemination/distribution and reception/consumption of the cultural good music. Thus, the IJMBR targets all academics, from students to professors, from around the world and from all disciplines with an interest in research on the music economy.
Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the sociocultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.
This chapter examines the Chinese government’s investment in the music sector of the cultural ind... more This chapter examines the Chinese government’s investment in the music sector of the cultural industries in China. The chapter argues that this investment has fostered horizontal integration across music content and technology industry boundaries in the country. By examining the role of the Chinese government in developing creative industries via financial subsidies and other forms of infrastructure support, an important difference in cultural industry policy between China and many countries in the West is outlined. Specifically, China’s top-down policy approach (Cai et al. 2006; Zhu 2009) and censorship of digital content (De Kloet 2010; Street 2012) contrasts starkly with the emergent ‘bottom-up’ paradigm (Young and Collins 2010, pp. 344–5; Hracs 2012, pp. 455–6; Hesmondhalgh and Meier 2015) that has arisen in a number of countries in the West.
Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the sociocultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.
Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the socio-cultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The final section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodification of the island on its indigenous minorities.
This focuses on the German music market. In addition to highlighting the current state of the Ger... more This focuses on the German music market. In addition to highlighting the current state of the German music market the journal features three papers; "Success factors for music-based crowdfunding as a new means of financing music projects"; "Buried by administration: How the music industry loses its creativity. An empirical study of German music labels and publishers" and "The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany"
The International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) as a double-blind reviewed academic ... more The International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) as a double-blind reviewed academic journal provides a new platform to present articles of merit and to shed light on the current state of the art of music business research. Music business research is a scientific approach at the intersection of economic, artistic, especially musical, cultural, social, legal, technological developments that aims at a better understanding of the creation/production, dissemination/distribution and reception/consumption of the cultural good music. Thus, the IJMBR targets all academics, from students to professors, from around the world and from all disciplines with an interest in research on the music economy.
Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the sociocultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.
This chapter examines the Chinese government’s investment in the music sector of the cultural ind... more This chapter examines the Chinese government’s investment in the music sector of the cultural industries in China. The chapter argues that this investment has fostered horizontal integration across music content and technology industry boundaries in the country. By examining the role of the Chinese government in developing creative industries via financial subsidies and other forms of infrastructure support, an important difference in cultural industry policy between China and many countries in the West is outlined. Specifically, China’s top-down policy approach (Cai et al. 2006; Zhu 2009) and censorship of digital content (De Kloet 2010; Street 2012) contrasts starkly with the emergent ‘bottom-up’ paradigm (Young and Collins 2010, pp. 344–5; Hracs 2012, pp. 455–6; Hesmondhalgh and Meier 2015) that has arisen in a number of countries in the West.
Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitud... more Hainan island, located between 108–111 degrees east and 18–20 degrees north (on a similar latitude to northern Vietnam), is a southern tropical ‘outlier’ of continental China that has developed as a major tourist centre over the last two decades. Following an introduction to the sociocultural history of the region, the article analyses the manner in which a series of post-war media and performance texts created an exotic and erotic image for the island (and for its indigenous Li population in particular) that has been perpetuated and extended in a range of contemporary performance practices. While this article addresses issues of representation, its discussions are not primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.
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primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.
primarily concerned to identify the misrepresentation of an essential island referent (i.e. the ‘real’ Hainan) but rather to address the interplay between a set of media representations of the island and contemporary cultural performance on it. The !nal section analyses the manner in which the recently opened ‘Impression Hainan’ showcase in Haikou provides an early twenty-first-century inflection of a range of the representational tendencies we discuss. Our conclusion reflects on the impact of the exoticist and eroticist commodi!cation of the island on its indigenous minorities.