Abstract
By focusing on the cultural space, this study examined the popularity of the Taiwanese ballad music form that features mixed-race influences from Japan. This music form evolved in four districts of Taipei, namely inner city, Monga, Dadaocheng, and Seimonchō, from 1930 to 1960. The work of Lu-Shyia Chi and Yi-Fong Hung were taken as examples. The modification of entertainment habits reflected the transformation of political power in Taiwan and led to different audiences, various performance venues in the Taipei music scenario, and diverse ethnic groups in the different musical spaces. The cultural imagery and historical discourse entangled with cultural products and imbued with social meaning provide a critical understanding of the implications related to Enka in the lives of its listeners. In the 1960s, Enka-style mixed-race pop was popular. The performance venues shifted from inner city and Seimonchō to the Dadaocheng area after World War II. As demonstrated by the digital mapping conducted using the geographic information system with qualitative in-depth interviews, the music-language differences throughout Taiwan’s history eventually caused racial geospatial division in the examined districts.
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