'Love Never Dies': romance and Christian symbolism in a Japanese rock video
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Stevens, Carolyn S.Date
2004Source Title
Refashioning Pop Music in Asia: Cosmopolitan Flows, Political Tempos and Aesthetic IndustriesPublisher
RoutledgeCurzonUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Stevens, CarolynAffiliation
Arts: Asia Pacific Economics of Education and Training Unit (APEET)Metadata
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Stevens, C. S. (2004). 'Love Never Dies': romance and Christian symbolism in a Japanese rock video. In A. Chun, N. Rossiter & B. Shoesmith (Eds.), Refashioning pop music in Asia: Cosmopolitan flows, political tempos and aesthetic industries, (pp. 127-144). Routledge Curzon.Access Status
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Abstract
This chapter examines the use of Christian symbolism in a Japanese rock music video by the group The Alfee. Christian icons are used to convey a perceived modern version of romance. Modernity is set in an indeterminate past, conflating the traditional and the modern into one visual concept that exists. The present and future encased in the past questions the notion of modernity (and postmodernity) in Japan as something necessarily sequential. It also argues that Christianity's secular presence in Japan allows its symbols to be freely manipulated and adapted in contemporary popular culture.
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Japan; rock music video; modernityExport Reference in RIS Format
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