Catherine Capdeville-Zeng, Rites et rock à Pékin. Tradition et modernité de la musique rock dans la société chinoise, [Rock and ritual in Peking. Rock music’s modernity and tradition in Chinese society]

Catherine Capdeville-Zeng’s book, an ethnography of the world of Chinese rock in the 1980s and early 1990s in Peking, throws us into the heart of “Rock society circles”, with its protagonists of the time, including Cui Jian, Femmes and He Yong, who appear, with their moods and their ambitions, on stage and in the studio. While the title and the cover photograph prompt us spontaneously to associate the image of rock, generally rebellious and critical, with the events of 1989, the author immedi..