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#Mari Nagatomi
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University. Specializes in American cultural history, popular music, and border crossing. He is the editor of “Tectonic Shift in Country Music: Diverse Stories” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2024), co-author of “10 Perspectives on Pop Music” (Artes Publishing, 2020), and co-author of “Nyumon: Bunka-history of Popular Music: Rereading Postwar Japan” ( (Minerva Shobo, 2024).
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