[ecrea] CfP EastBound: Popular Music Studies in Eastern Europe

>Apologies for cross-posting.
>Call for Papers:
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>EastBound 2011 - Themed Issue on Popular Music Studies in Eastern Europe
>
>
>The next issue of EastBound will explore the past, present and future of
>the place and role of popular music and popular music studies in Eastern
>Europe.
>
>Popular music during socialism has been a vehicle of keeping in touch
>with Western trends, of protest or even of resistance, but it has also
>played a part in creating and maintaining a certain depoliticized
>version of everyday socialist life or even in semi-openly legitimizing
>the ruling powers of the time. Indeed popular music under socialism,
>from mainstream schlager and pop music to beat, rock and punk, various
>genres and artists captured the feelings of audiences in very different
>ways and elicited very different reactions and treatment from the
>authorities.
>
>Following the regime change the positions of different musical genres
>and artists also had to be renegotiated. With the reintroduction of
>market economies and democratic political systems the meaning of
>mainstream and underground, of opposition and social criticism all had
>to be remapped on to a now ever more complex system of potential
>meanings, with previously glossed over ideological differences being
>increasingly articulated vis-a-vis artistic programs and positions. With
>the fall of the iron curtain both the previous simple dichotomy of East
>and West and the so far restricted flows of cultural goods were suddenly
>a thing of the past, with new possibilities allowing for the
>reconfiguration of international networks of consumption and production
>and the repositioning of genres, artists and scenes in relation to the
>global interrelations of the relevant segments of the culture
>industries.
>
>Today, twenty years after the "fall of communism" we can see a number of
>different trends both in relation to the appearance of new scenes and
>sensibilities influenced by international waves of interest in certain
>styles, and also regarding the reception, recycling and re-appropriation
>of music and artists from the socialist era. We can also see the
>political resurfacing again in different musical genres providing
>different critiques of our societies and varying visions of social
>change, exclusion and inclusion.
>
>We invite authors to explore these and further issues from a range of
>different disciplinary standpoints and would encourage both works with a
>more historical focus and writing focusing on present and possible
>future trends.
>
>For further information about the themed issue, or to express interest
>in contributing an article, please contact Zoltan Kacsuk
>(info-AT-eastbound.eu). The final deadline for submissions will be the
>1st of February 2011.
>
>
>ABOUT EASTBOUND
>EastBound is a peer-reviewed online journal aimed at creating an
>international platform for Western and Eastern European researchers
>engaged in the multidisciplinary field of media and cultural studies.
>The journal features articles, reviews and interviews dealing with
>social and political implications of the rise of entertainment media and
>mediated popular culture, the appearance of global media players, and
>the spread of new forms of politics and information technologies. These
>transformations have presented a new cultural context for peopleâ¬"s
>cultural practices, from the minor aspects of everyday consumption to
>the large-scale reproduction of national identities and cultural
>heritage. EastBound addresses recent media and cultural realities, both
>from regional and international comparative standpoints.
>
>EastBound is published by:
>MOKK Media Research
>Department of Sociology and Communications,
>Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
>and
>Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS)
>Central European University
>
>http://eastbound.eu/
>

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