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Andrew Field

Andrew Field is an American historian, documentary film producer, and professor at Duke Kunshan University. Based in Shanghai, Field is a scholar of musical history and creative culture in contemporary China, including the role jazz music played in 20th century Shanghai.

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Andrew David Field
Academic background
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsDuke Kunshan University
Websiteshanghaisojourns.net

Andrew Field is an American historian, documentary film producer, and professor at Duke Kunshan University.12 Based in Shanghai, Field is a scholar of musical history and creative culture in contemporary China, including the role jazz music played in 20th century Shanghai.345

Books

  • Shanghai’s Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics (2010)6
  • Mu Shiying: China’s Lost Modernist (2014)7
  • Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City (2015)8
  • Rocking China: Music scenes in Beijing and beyond (2023)9

Filmography

  • Down: Indie Rock in the PRC (2012) (Co-producer)10
References

References

  1. Montagne, Renee (April 5, 2016). "'Shanghai Nightscapes': Dancing, Drinking And All That Jazz". NPR.
  2. "The lost and future glamour of a Shanghai ballroom". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. "Remembering China's Indie Rock Glory Days". thediplomat.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. "The Kids Who Defined Rock Music in China". The World of Chinese. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. 姜璐. "Shanghai's new dawn placed in sharp focus". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. Field, Andrew David (2010). Shanghai's dancing world: cabaret culture and urban politics, 1919-1954 (Thesis). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. ISBN 9629964481.
  7. Field, Andrew D. (2014). Mu Shiying: China's lost modernist. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8208-14-2.
  8. Farrer, James; Field, Andrew D. (2015). Shanghai nightscapes: a nocturnal biography of a global city. Chicago, Ill.: Univ. of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-26274-1.
  9. Field, Andrew David (2023). Rocking China: rock music scenes in Beijing, Shanghai & beyond. Hong Kong: Earnshaw Books. ISBN 978-988-8769-93-3.
  10. Field, Andrew; Willmont, Jud, Down: Indie Rock in the P.R.C. (Documentary, Music), Andrew Field, Willmountain Films, retrieved March 4, 2024