Performing the 'New' Europe : identities, feelings, and politics in the Eurovision Song Contest / edited by Karen Fricker and Milija Gluhovic

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TextSeries: Studies in international performancePublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan, cop. 2013Description: xviii, 264 p.; 22 cmISBN:

9780230299924

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Conté: Introduction; 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 -- 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 -- 8. Edited Transcript of Panel Discussion with ESC Broadcasters (held at Royal Holloway, February 2011); Kjell Ekholm, Joergen Franck, Steve Hocking and Mariana Rusen -- PART III: GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUALITIES IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST -- 9. Competing Femininities: A Girl for Eurovision; Elaine Aston -- 10. Taken by a Stranger: How Queerness Haunts Germany at Eurovision; Peter Rehberg -- 11. Sing for Democracy: Human Rights and Sexuality Discourse in the Eurovision Song Contest; Milija Gluhovic -- 12. Conundrums of Post-Socialist Belonging at the Eurovision Song Contest; Katrin Sieg

Summary: "Bringing together the voices of scholars from Europe and North America with those of key contest stakeholders, "Performing the 'New' Europe: Identities, Feelings, and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest" argues that this popular music competition is a symbolic contact zone between European cultures: 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. This exciting collection explores the ways in which European artists perform, disavow, and contest their racial, national, and sexual identities in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), and asks difficult questions about European inclusions and exclusions the contest reflects. It suggests the ESC as an ever-evolving network of peoples and places transcending both historical and geographical boundaries of Europe that brings into being new understandings of the relationship between culture, space, and identities" -- Contracoberta

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	78(4) PER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900070826

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"Bringing together the voices of scholars from Europe and North America with those of key contest stakeholders, "Performing the 'New' Europe: Identities, Feelings, and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest" argues that this popular music competition is a symbolic contact zone between European cultures: 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. This exciting collection explores the ways in which European artists perform, disavow, and contest their racial, national, and sexual identities in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), and asks difficult questions about European inclusions and exclusions the contest reflects. It suggests the ESC as an ever-evolving network of peoples and places transcending both historical and geographical boundaries of Europe that brings into being new understandings of the relationship between culture, space, and identities" -- Contracoberta

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