Prizes for The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima (Book)

John Whitney Hall Book Prize [link]
Date: 3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM
Organization: Association for Asian Studies [link]
Abstract: For best book on Japan

Alan Merriam Prize (Honorable Mention) [link]
Date: 11/12/2016 12:00:00 AM
Organization: Society for Ethnomusicology [link]
Abstract: For best book in ethnomusicology. Citation was as follows: Manabe’s book is a deeply informed study of music in relation to anti-nuclear protests in Japan since the devastating earthquake and nuclear disaster of 2011. The committee was in awe of the scope, depth, and risk-taking of the author’s research— at demonstrations and festivals, and with both indie and major label recordings musicians and producers; and in cyberspace. Her command of policy and its legal implications was as strong as her expert performance ethnography and music analysis. This study teaches us a great deal about the techniques of messaging, and the ways music breaks through the walls of official and unofficial censorship.

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