Popular Music in Eastern Europe - Breaking the Cold War Paradigm (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book explores popular music in Eastern Europe during the period of state socialism, in countries such as Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Estonia and Albania. It discusses the policy concerning music, the greatest Eastern European stars, such as Karel Gott, Czeslaw Niemen and Omega, as well as DJs and the music press. By conducting original research, including interviews and examining archival material, the authors take issue with certain assumptions prevailing in the existing studies on popular music in Eastern Europe, namely that it was largely based on imitation of western music and that this music had a distinctly anti-communist flavour. Instead, they argue that self-colonisation was accompanied with creating an original idiom, and that the state not only fought the artists, but also supported them. The collection also draws attention to the foreign successes of Eastern European stars, both within the socialist bloc and outside of it. v>

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Pop Music, Culture and Identity
Release date:	2017
First published:	2016
Editors:	Ewa Mazierska
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	311
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-59272-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-59272-9
Barcode:	9781137592729

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