Popular Music In Eastern Europe: Breaking The Cold War Paradigm (pop Music, Culture And Identity)
by Ewa Mazierska /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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