Made in Taiwan

"This anthology is a sumptuous and ambitious project. It is sumptuous because the contributors offer readers a unique occasion to understand Taiwanese popular music, along an expansive time line (from the late 1890s to 2019), across an unusual musical diversity (whether in terms of what we usually understand as genres, or pop defined linguistically or cultural-historically), and informed by a wide range of disciplines (media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, history, literature, East Asian studies and ethnomusicology). It is ambitious because the editors are not content with a sumptuous collection. ... All in all, Made in Taiwan is a must read for anyone interested in Taiwan, Taiwanese popular music and popular music at large. For the richness of musical genres, case studies and academic disciplines included in the anthology, it is relevant to scholars operating in a wide range of fields. It should also be a good textbook for courses on popular music, globalization and area studies."

—Yiu Fai Chow, Global Media and China

"Made in Taiwan: Studies in Popular Music is part of the Routledge Global Popular Music Series, which aims to provide English-speaking readers with timely and authoritative introductions to different world popular music scenes. The series is distinguished by its roster of contributors drawn primarily from institutions local to the countries they examine, many of whom do not always disseminate the products of their research in English. For this reason alone, Made in Taiwan should find warm welcome among English-speaking readers with special interest in the island’s culture industries. As it stands, however, this essential volume also has much to offer a broader academic constituency keen to take a deep cultural-historical dive into the complex and 'multilayered realities of Taiwan.'"

—Meredith Schweig, Yearbook for Traditional Music

"Made in Taiwan: Studies in Popular Music is part of the now well-established Routledge Global Popular Music series. The book represents an effort by these editors to gather authors from a range of disciplinary specializations, admirably including some who have hitherto published primarily in Chinese, and is thus a product of pains-taking collaborative work rather than just a collection of essays. ... It is a groundbreaking book and highly recommended for scholars and students interested in Taiwanese popular music, and in East Asian popular music broadly."

—Hyunjoon Shin, Journal of World Popular Music