Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions, a cura di Keith Howard, SOAS-University of London, Ashgate, 2012

Abstract

The book focuses on music traditions and explores the policy, ideology and practice of preservation and promotion of East Asian intangible cultural heritage. In view of the framework defined by globalization, modernization, urbanization and the spread of the mass media, the essays provide an overview on East Asia’s case study (Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan).