{"id":8976,"date":"2026-10-19T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/?p=8976"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:55:28","slug":"mdwp023-toc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/mdwpress\/mdwp023-toc\/","title":{"rendered":"Censored Harmonies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Musical Representations of \u201cFloating\u201d Migrants and Collective Neglect of Inequality in Urban China<\/h2>\n

Kai Tang<\/em><\/h3>\n
\n

Chapter 1: Introduction<\/h3>\n
\n

Who Are \u201cFloating Migrants\u201d?<\/a>
\nFloating Migrants: from Familiar Strangers to Research Partners<\/a>
\nThe Music and Lives of Floating Migrants: A Day in Beijing<\/a>
\nEthical Consideration and Confrontations<\/a>
\nSeveral Key Terms in the Socio-Cultural Lives of Floating Migrants<\/a>
\nMusic and Minorities: Representation, Public Perception, and Self-Empowerment<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 2: The official Representations of Floating Migrants<\/h3>\n
\n

State-sponsored Art Troupes: Performing for and as Representatives of the floating migrants<\/a>
\nBasic Guidelines in Generating Official Musical Representations<\/a>
\nRed Classics in Everyday Life: From Self-Advertisement to State-Sponsored Representation<\/a>
\nSongs Written to Give a Voice to Peasant Workers and Performances Designed to Represent Floating Migrants<\/a>
\nLegitimizing the Musical Representations: Images of Heroic Sacrifices and Habitual Sentiments about the Mother Country<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 3: State-sanctioned Rebellion, Partial Reality, and Aboveground Rock of Floating Migrants<\/h3>\n
\n

Dispelling the Myths about Chinese Rock<\/a>
\nFloating Migrant Rockers: Joining the Urban Music World<\/a>
\nPeasant Worker Rockers on China\u2019s Mainstream Stage: \u201cGrassroots Voices Moving China\u201d<\/a>
\nAboveground Floating Migrant Rock: Performing a Partial Reality<\/a>
\nTesting the Margins of Safe Musical Expression<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 4: Sour Songs: Women’s Voices in Patriarchal Contexts<\/h3>\n
\n

Liumin: Floating Migrants in Pre-modern China<\/a>
\nFolk songs: A \u201cWild Zone\u201d for Women in Patriarchal Contexts<\/a>
\nSour and Bitter Songs: The Musical Expressions of \u201cLeft-Behind Women\u201d outside the Patriarchal Norms<\/a>
\n\u201cSing a Song to Broaden the Heart\u201d: Male Migrants Borrowing Women\u2019s Songs, and Roundabout Ways of Musical Expression<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter 5: Conclusion<\/h3>\n
\n

APPENDIX<\/h3>\n
\n

List of Figures, Music Examples and Tables<\/h4>\n

A Note on Translation and Transliteration<\/h4>\n

References<\/h4>\n

About mdwPress<\/h4>\n

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