Rocking The State: Rock Music And Politics In Eastern Europe And Russia

by Sabrina Petra Ramet

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367301644
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sabrina P. Ramet is professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. She is the author of six other books, among them Whose Democracy? Nationalism, Religion, and the Doctrine of Collective Rights in Post-1989 Eastern Europe(1997) and Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia(1998). She has also edited a dozen books, mostly about Eastern Europe and Russia.

Table of 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