Situating affect in the soundscapes of suona as a Chinese musical instrument in various media, this study investigates how these mediated soundscapes shape social ideologies, hierarchies of cultures, and social resistance in ancient and contemporary China. Several mediated soundscapes are tapped into, including (1) the poem titled “To the Tune of Seeing the Emperor-Ode to the Trumpet”; (2) a TV program demonstrating how suona can be “languaging” in localized contexts; (3) a famous movie titled “Song of the Phoenix” capturing the contestat...
