The Institute of Comparative Culture (ICC) at Sophia
University invites you to a special book launch:

Dec. 10, 2015, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Room 301, Bldg. 10,
Sophia University
Part One
Documentary Film Showing:"Down: Indie Rock in the PRC"
Written, produced and directed by Andrew David Field &
Jud Willmont

Filmed on the sweaty stages of underground rock clubs
and music festivals, this indie rock doc takes viewers
on a journey deep into the rock scene of a rapidly
changing China. Through performances by some of China's
top indie rock bands and interviews with band members,
rock club managers, concert organizers and record
producers, Down: Indie Rock in the PRC highlights the
music and the struggles that indie rock musicians are
undergoing as they challenge the dominant values of
mainstream Chinese society. (52 minutes)

Dec. 10, 2015, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Room 301, Bldg. 10,
Sophia University
Part Two
Shanghai Nightscapes: A Century-Long Journey through
Shanghai's Nightlife Subcultures
Speakers: James Farrer and Andrew David Field

Sociologist James Farrer and historian Andrew David
Field will present their new book Shanghai Nightscapes:
A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City (2015,
University of Chicago Press). Featuring rare archival
film clips and images, their multimedia presentation
draws on over twenty years of fieldwork and hundreds of
interviews. Describing a range of nightlife scenes from
dance cabarets to cocktail bars, the book highlights
the continuities in the city's nightlife across a
turbulent century, as well as the importance of the
multicultural agents of nightlife in shaping the
cosmopolitan urban culture of China's greatest global
city.

James Farrer, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies
at Sophia University in Tokyo, specializes in urban
studies in East Asia, including research on expatriate
communities, nightlife and food cultures.
Andrew David Field, Associate Dean of Undergraduate
Programs at Duke Kunshan University, is currently
working on a book on China's indie rock music scene and
has co-produced a film on that subject called Down:
Indie Rock in the PRC.

Language: English / No prior registration necessary /
Free of charge

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture: 7-1
Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 /
+81-(0)3-3238-4082 (Tel) : +81-(0)3-3238-4081 (Fax):
http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/ (Web) diricc@sophia.ac.jp
(email)

The Shanghai Nightscape book is available at Kinokuniya
Sophia shop in B1, Building 2.
Flyer:
http://icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/html/events/2015-2016/15121
0_Shanghai_Nightscapes.pdf
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