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This book is part of an ongoing transnational turn in cultural
history. Studies on the history of urban popular culture and the
entertainment industries increasingly engage with the European or
global circulation of genres, actors, and shows, especially during
the period of massive growth and expansion of the sector from the
1870s to the 1930s. Nevertheless, a large part of this research
remains focused on exchanges between Western and Central European,
and North American metropolises. To provide a fuller picture of the
emergence and cross-border transfer of different genres of popular
culture, this volume investigates Northern, East Central, and
Southern European cities and their relations with each other and
the West. The authors analyze the mediating agents, transnational
networks, and local responses to new forms of entertainment from
Madrid to Vyborg, and from Istanbul to Reykjavik. These examples
re-focus the history of urban popular culture in Europe in view of
multidirectional transfers and a wider range of regional
experiences. Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment will appeal to
researchers and students alike interested in the history of popular
culture in modern societies, particularly those studying urban
centers in Europe, and their transnational and transregional
connections.
During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the
Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however,
possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent
free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life.
The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such
as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and
soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state
efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and
related forms of cultural programming and consumption. They lead to
a deeper understanding of state-society relations in the Soviet
sphere, where the state did not simply "dictate from above" and
inhabitants had some opportunities to shape solidarities,
identities, and meaning.
During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the
Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however,
possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent
free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life.
The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such
as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and
soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state
efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and
related forms of cultural programming and consumption. They lead to
a deeper understanding of state-society relations in the Soviet
sphere, where the state did not simply "dictate from above" and
inhabitants had some opportunities to shape solidarities,
identities, and meaning.
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