Performing the 'New' Europe - Identities, Feelings and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest (Hardcover)

Bringing together the voices of scholars from Europe and North America with those of key contest stakeholders, Performing the 'New' Europe: Identities, Feelings, and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest argues that this popular music competition is a symbolic contact zone between European cultures: an arena for European identification in which both national solidarity and participation in a European identity are confirmed, and a site where cultural struggles over the meanings, frontiers and limits of Europe are enacted. This exciting collection explores the ways in which European artists perform, disavow, and contest their racial, national, and sexual identities in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), and asks difficult questions about European inclusions and exclusions the contest reflects. It suggests the ESC as an ever-evolving network of peoples and places transcending both historical and geographical boundaries of Europe that brings into being new understandings of the relationship between culture, space, and identities.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in International Performance
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	K. Fricker • M. Gluhovic
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-29992-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > History > European history > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	0-230-29992-X
Barcode:	9780230299924

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