All Outputs (2)

The Amateur and the Professional in Wuhan’s Park Pop (2023)
Book Chapter
Horlor, S. (2023). The Amateur and the Professional in Wuhan’s Park Pop. In J. P. J. Stock, & Y. Hui (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora (431-451). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190661960.013.26

Singers who present versions of Chinese pop classics at daily shows in the parks of Wuhan make good livings from cash tips offered by supporters in the audience. While this may be reason to think of them as “professional” musicians, they also derive... Read More about The Amateur and the Professional in Wuhan’s Park Pop.

A Social Aesthetics of Imperfection: Spontaneity and Meaning in Pop on the Streets of China (2020)
Book Chapter
Horlor, S. (2021). A Social Aesthetics of Imperfection: Spontaneity and Meaning in Pop on the Streets of China. In A. Hamilton, & L. Pearson (Eds.), The aesthetics of imperfection in music and the arts : spontaneity, flaws and the unfinished (73-85). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350106086.0017