Performing the 'New' Europe

Identities, Feelings and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-33559-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 362 g

Reihe: Studies in International Performance

This fascinating and lively volume makes the case that the Eurovision Song Contest is an arena for European identification in which both national solidarity and participation in a European identity are confirmed, and a site where cultural struggles over the meanings, frontiers and limits of Europe are enacted.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fricker, K.

Gluhovic, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Eurovision and the 'New' Europe; Karen Fricker and Milija Gluhovic PART I: FEELING EUROPEAN: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE 1. 'Sharing the moment': Europe, Affect and Utopian Performatives in the Eurovision Song Contest; Marilena Zaroulia 2. 'It's just not funny any more': Terry Wogan, Melancholy Britain and the Eurovision Song Contest; Karen Fricker 3. Europe, with feeling: The Eurovision Song Contest as entertainment; Mari Pajala 4. 'The song contest is a battlefield': Panel discussion with Eurovision Song Contest broadcasters, 18 February 2011 PART II: EUROPEAN MARGINS AND MULTIPLE MODERNITIES 5. Back to the Future: Imagining a New Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest; Yana Meerzon and Dmitri Priven 6. 'Playing with Fire,' and Playing It Safe: With(out) Roma at the Eurovision Song Contest?; Ioana Szeman 7. From Dana to Dustin: The Reputation of Old/New Ireland and the Eurovision Song Contest; Brian Singleton PART III: GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUALITIES IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 8. Competing Femininities: A Girl for Eurovision; Elaine Aston 9. Taken by a stranger: How queerness haunts Germany at Eurovision; Peter Rehberg 10. Sing for Democracy: Human Rights and Sexuality Discourse in the Eurovision Song Contest; Milija Gluhovic 11. Conundrums of Post-Socialist Belonging at the Eurovision Song Contest; Katrin Sieg Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ioana Szeman, Roehampton University, UK
Karen Fricker, Brock University, Canada
Yana Meerzon, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dmitri Priven, University of Ottawa, Canada
Justyna Sempruch, University of Basel, Switzerland
Katarzyna Marciniak, Ohio University, USA
Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University, USA
Elaine Aston, Lancaster University, UK
Peter Rehberg, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Robert Kulpa, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Apostolos Lampropoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Brian Singleton, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Marilena Zaroulia, University of Winchester, UK
Milija Gluhovic, University of Warwick, UK