STRICTLY BALLROOM The Rumba in Pre-World War Two Japan
Issue: Vol 4 No. 3 (1999)
Journal: Perfect Beat
Subject Areas: Popular Music
Abstract:
Hosokawa begins this issue with a detailed documentation of the rumba's evolution in 1930s Japan. Through comprehensive empirical research, Hosokawa is able to draw out the sociological and nationalistic implications the rumba held for Japanese people of the time.
Author: SHUHEI HOSOKAWA