Rocking the State : Rock Music and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia

Ramet, Sabrina Petra

Routledge（2024/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 328 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367301644
• DDC分類 781.660947

Full Description

Of the many avenues for expressing dissident viewpoints in communist societies, rock music—with its broad appeal among young people—was one of the most effective. Although there were rock groups that sang the praises of communism, other groups struck the pose of "rock rebels," assailing the system through their ribald lyrics and raucous music. Comm

Contents

Preface -- Rock: The Music of Revolution (and Political Conformity) -- Eastern Europe -- Rock Music in the GDR: An Epitaph -- Big Beat in Poland -- Rock Music in Czechoslovakia -- "How Can I Be a Human Being?" Culture, Youth, and Musical Opposition in Hungary -- Shake, Rattle, and Self-Management: Making the Scene in Yugoslavia -- The Bulgarian Rock Scene Under Communism (1962-1990) -- The Dean Reed Story -- The Soviet Union -- The Soviet Rock Scene -- Rock Music in Belarus -- Rock Culture and Rock Music in Ukraine