Overview

"Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of German music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Germany and provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Germany, followed by essays organized into thematic sections: Historical Spotlights; Globally German; Also ""Made in Germany""; Explicitly German; and Reluctantly German."

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Author:   Oliver Seibt (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) ,  Martin Ringsmut ,  David-Emil Wickström (Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.250kg
ISBN:  

9780815391777

ISBN 10:   0815391773
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   23 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Deutschland – Echt jetzt? German Popular Music’s Complicated Relationship with German Identity Oliver Seibt, Martin Ringsmut, and David-Emil Wickström / Interview: Rocking the Academy? Two Cold-War Careers and the Emergence of Popular Music Studies and Higher Popular Music Education in Germany. An Interview with Peter Wicke and Udo Dahmen David-Emil Wickström / Part I: Historical Spotlights / 1: Transnational Networks and Intermedial Interfaces in German Popular Music, 1900-1939 Caroline Stahrenberg / 2: Nazis and Quiet Sounds: Popular Music, Simulated Normality, and Cultural Niches in the Terror Regime, 1933-45 Jens Gerrit Papenburg / 3: Conflicting Identities: The Meaning and Significance of Popular Music in the GDR Michael Rauhut / 4: ‘Party on the Death Strip’ – Reflections on an Historical Turning Point Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer / Part II: Globally German / 5: The Krauts Are Coming: Electronic Music and Rock in the 1970s Ulrich Adelt / 6: German Metal Attack: Power Metal in and from Germany Jan-Peter Herbst / 7: German Longings: A Dialogue on the Promises and Dangers of National Stereotypes Melanie Schiller and Jeroen de Kloet / Part III: Also ""Made in Germany"" / 8: Peepl rock: Post-Soviet Popular Music in Germany David-Emil Wickström / 9: Made in Almanya: The Birth of Turkish Rap Thomas Solomo / 10: G.I. Blues and German Schlager: The Politics of Popular Music in Germany during the Cold War Bodo Mrozek / Part IV: Explicitly German / 11: Neue Deutsche Welle: Tactical Affirmation as a Strategy of Subversion Barbara Hornberger / 12: ""One Day You Will Wish We’d Only Played Music"": Some Remarks on Recent Developments of Germany’s RechtsRock Scene Thorsten Hindrichs / 13: Hallo Blumenau, bom dia Brasil! German Music Beyond Germany Julio Mendiìvil / Part V: Reluctantly German / 14: ""Meine Lieder sind anders"": Hildegard Knef and the Idea(l) of German Chanson Reneì Michaelsen / 15: How Munich and Frankfurt Brought (Electronic) Dance Music to the Top of the International Charts with Eurodisco and Eurodance – and Why Germany Was Not Involved Heiko Wandler / 16: Japonisme 2.0: German visual-kei Fans, Tokio Hotel, and the Popular Music Genre That Must Not Exist Oliver Seibt / Coda / 17: The Germaican Connection - German Reggae Abroad Martin Ringsmut / Interview: Standing Up Against Discrimination and Exclusion: An Interview with Kutlu Yurtseven (Microphone Mafia) Monika E. Schoop / Selected Bibliography"

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Oliver Seibt is Assistant Professor of Cultural Musicology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Martin Ringsmut is Research Assistant in the Ethnomusicology Department at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he has taught courses in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies. David-Emil Wickström is Professor of Popular Music History at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, in Mannheim, Germany.

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