Overview

During the Cold War, jazz became a cultural weapon that was employed by both sides to advance their interests. This volume explores the history and roles of jazz in Poland, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and the Baltic States by means of several case studies. The American administration attempted to destabilize the political systems of the Eastern Bloc countries, while the powers responsible for culture in the Eastern Bloc countries tried to curtail the US propaganda campaign. This resulted in distinct jazz traditions and jazz scenes, each governed by a distinct behavioural codex, as well as official responses in each of the Eastern Bloc countries.

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Author:   Rüdiger Ritter ,  Gertrud Pickhan ,  Rüdiger Ritter
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9783631664094

ISBN 10:   3631664095
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   05 November 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Gertrud Pickhan/Rüdiger Ritter: Introduction – Rüdiger Ritter: Jazz in State Socialism - a Playground of Refusal? – Christian Schmidt-Rost: 1956 - A turning point for the jazz scenes in the GDR and Poland – Marta Domurat-Linde: From «Jazz in Poland» to «Polish Jazz» – Igor Pietraszewski: Jazz Musicians in Post-War Poland – Gergő Havadi: Individualists, Traditionalists, Revolutionaries, or Opportunists? The Political and Social Constellations of Jazz in Hungary during the 1950s-1960s – Peter Motyčka: The Jazz Section: Disintegration through Jazz – Rüdiger Ritter: Negotiated Spaces: Jazz in Moscow after the Thaw – Heli Reimann: Swing Club and the Meaning of Jazz in Estonia in the late 1940s.

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Gertrud Pickhan is a Professor of East Central European History at the Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Rüdiger Ritter holds a PhD in History of East and East Central Europe and Musicology. They have conducted a research project at the Freie Universität Berlin on Jazz under State Socialism.

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