“Listening to the South Gate”: Placemaking, Mediascape, and Tourism Diplomacy Seen Through a Band Performance in Xi’an

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Ahead of Print.
This paper is an ethnography of nightly urban soundscape inscribed by “Listening to the South Gate,” a popular street band in Xi’an, China. Drawing upon theories of anthropology of music and cultural studies, it employs three-year participant observations …


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