Inventing Jazztowns and Internationalizing Local Identities in Japan

Authors

E. Taylor Atkins, Northern Illinois University

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Description

Describes the respective claims of port cities Yokohama and Kobe to be the points of entry for jazz in Japan.

ISBN

1349-4430

Publication Date

2004

Department

Department of History

Publisher

Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University

City

Kobe

Keywords

Japan, jazz, Kobe, Yokohama

Disciplines

Asian History | Music

Original Citation

“Inventing Jazztowns and Internationalizing Local Identities in Japan.” In Image and Identity: Rethinking Japanese Cultural History. Ed. Jeffrey E. Hanes and Hidetoshi Yamaji. Modern Economics and Business Series No. 1. Kōbe: The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kōbe University, 2004. 249- 262.