Cultural Historian Bridging Modern Japan's Music and Society
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHiromu Nagahara serves as an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he specializes in modern Japanese cultural and social history. His acclaimed book "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" examines Japan's transformation into a middle-class society through the lens of popular music from the 1920s to the 1960s. His research explores how the emergence of mass entertainment and popular songs (ryūkōka) reflected broader social changes in modern Japan, particularly focusing on the complex interactions between the music industry, cultural critics, and government regulators