Overview

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, Czesław 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>

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Author:   Ewa Mazierska
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   5.207kg
ISBN:  

9781137592729

ISBN 10:   1137592729
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   04 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Popular Music in Eastern Europe: Breaking the ‘Cold War Paradigm’ - Ewa Mazierska.- Part 1: State Policies and its Interpretation by Grassroots.- 1. Propagated, Permitted or Prohibited? State Strategies to Control Musical Entertainment in the First Two Decades of Socialist Hungary - Ádám Ignácz.- 2. Pop-Rock and Propaganda during the Ceaușescu Regime in Communist Romania - Doru Pop.- 3. Estonian Invasion as Western Ersatz-pop - Aimar Ventsel.- 4. The Eagle Rocks: Isolation and Cosmopolitanism in Albania’s Pop-Rock Scene - Bruce Williams.- Part 2: The Function of ‘Gatekeepers’.- 5. Censorship, Dissent and the Metaphorical Language of GDR Rock - David Robb.- 6. Folk Music as a Folk Enemy: Music Censorship in Socialist Yugoslavia - Ana Hofman.- 7. 'The Second Golden Age': Popular Music Journalism during the Late Socialist Era of Hungary - Zsófia Réti.- 8. Youth under Construction: The Generational Shifts in Popular Music Journalism in Poland of the 1980s - Klaudia Rachubińska and Xawery Stańczyk.- 9. The Birth of Socialist Disc Jockey: Between Music Guru, DIY Ethos and Market Socialism - Marko Zubak.- Part 3: Eastern European Stars.- 10. Karel Gott: The Ultimate Star of Czechoslovak Pop Music - Petr A. Bílek.- 11. Czesław Niemen: Between Enigma and Political Pragmatism - Ewa Mazierska.- 12. Omega: Red Star from Hungary - Bence Csatári and Béla Szilárd Jávorszky.- 13. Perverse Imperialism: Republika’s Phenomenon in the 1980s - Piotr Fortuna. 

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