Andrew Field is an American historian, documentary film producer, and professor at

Duke Kunshan University Duke Kunshan University (DKU; ) is a university in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. It was established in 2013 by a joint venture between Duke University and Wuhan University. The university is an independent legal entity. Upon graduation, undergraduate ...

. Based in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, Field is a scholar of musical history and creative culture in contemporary

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, including the role jazz music played in 20th century Shanghai.

Books

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

Filmography

* ''Down: Indie Rock in the PRC'' (2012) (Co-producer)

References

Living people Duke Kunshan University faculty American sinologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-academic-stub