Burmese Super Trouper: How Burmese Poets and Musicians Turn Global Popular Music into Copy Thachin

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    Abstract

    Copy thachin, or Burmese cover songs of international hits, dominates the popular music scene in contemporary Burma/Myanmar. These songs in Burmese often retain melodic and stylistic patterns with international popular hits, but have lyrics rewritten by B
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)221-239
    JournalThe Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
    Volume14
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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