Rock and Nationalism panel

[Mark Yoffe]

Dear Colleagues,

I hope that some of you will find this interesting:

CROSSROADS IN CULTURAL STUDIES
       Fourth International Conference
       June 29 - July 2, 2002, Tampere, Finland
        http://www.crossroads2002.com/

Panel on Popular Culture:

       TITLE: Rock Music and Nationalism

       During the years of cultural resistance to Communist ideology in the
countries of FSU and in EE, rock music turned out to be one of the most
progressive modernizing art forms of the period. It found itself at the
forefront of cultural and ideological straggle, became a conduit of liberal
"Western" ideas. This historically "Western" art form was adapted in the SU
and
EE as its own, developed, went through variety of mutations. One of such
processes was "nationalization" of rock music, both in terms of musical form
and ideological content. This became particularly evident after the fall of
Communism. In some instances "rock" has entirely moved away from it's
Anglo-American prototype and even became  unrecognizable as such. In addition
it often became a means of discourse for groups and movements with strongly
nationalist, anti--Western and chauvinist agenda. In this panel I propose to
explore such and similar tendencies, using examples from the standpoint of
global rock music experience.

       Organiser:
       Mark Yoffe
       International Counterculture Archive, Gelman Library, George Washington

University 2130 H St. N.W.
       20052 Washington. D.C.
       USA
       E-mail: yoffe at gwu.edu

NOTE: The deadline for all paper submissions to session organizers is January
31, 2002, and individually
       submitted papers reviewed by the conference organizing committee are
due
in the conference office
       (crossroads.2002 at uta.fi) by February 18, 2002.



--
Mark Yoffe, Ph.D.
Curator, International Counterculture Archive
Slavic Librarian
Gelman Library, George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202 994-6303
Fax: 202 994-1340
HTTP: gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~yoffe

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