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A War of Songs

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This book includes studies of music and politics in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the sounds of Euromaidan, parodies of the Russian national anthem, the Eurovision contest as a...
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This multi-authored monograph consists of the sections: “Pop Rock, Ethno-Chaos, Battle Drums, and a Requiem: The Sounds of the Ukrainian Revolution,” “The Euromaidan’s Aftermath and the Genre of Answer Song: A Musical Dialogue Between the Antagonists?”, “Exposing the Fault Lines beneath the Kremlin’s Restorative Geopolitics: Russian and Ukrainian Parodies of the Russian National Anthem,” and “‘Lasha Tumbai’, or ‘Russia, Goodbye’? The Eurovision Song Contest as a Post-Soviet Geopolitical Battleground.”
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Pages: 250
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Imprint: Ibidem Press
Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Publication Date: 28 May 2019
Trim Size: 8.27 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783838211732
Format: Paperback
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ART / Russian & Soviet
The book is highly recommended to scholars of Russo-Ukrainian relations and to anybody interested in the impact of popular culture on the post-Soviet societies of eastern Europe.

Arve Hansen is a doctoral student of Russian at the UiT – the Arctic University of Norway.

Andrei Rogatchevski is professor of Russian literature and culture at the UiT – the Arctic University of Norway.

Yngvar Steinholt is associate professor of Russian at the UiT – the Arctic University of Norway.

David-Emil Wickström is professor of popular music history at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim, Germany.

Artemy Troitsky is a prominent music critic and author of Back in the USSR: The True Story of Rock in Russia (1987), Tusovka: Who’s Who in the New Soviet Rock Culture (1990), and Subkultura: Stories of Youth and Resistance in Russia, 1815-2017 (2017).