Rocking St. Petersburg - Transcultural Flows and Identity Politics in Post-Soviet Popular Music - With a foreword by Yngvar B. Steinholt

In this remarkable book, David-Emil Wickström traces the transcultural flow of popular music production emanating from St. Petersburg, a central hub of the Russian music scene. With a specific focus on the post-Soviet emigrant community in Germany and their event `Russendisko`, Wickström himself a trumpet player in two local bands explores St. Petersburg`s vibrant music scene, which provides an electrifying platform for musical exchange.
The findings shed a new light on Soviet and post-Soviet popular music history and even Russia`s relationship to Ukraine. Wickström demonstrates the filtering processes embedded in transcultural flows and how music is attributed new meanings within new contexts. This innovative book not only promotes a deeper understanding of the role of popular music in society, it also enables a better comprehension of cultural processes in the second decade after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr. David-Emil Wickström works at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg ¿ University of Popular Music and Music Business in Mannheim. He is the editor-in-chief of the Norient Academic Online Journal.

Bericht

"David-Emil Wickström has given us an interesting ethnomusicological study about the post-Soviet rock/pop music scenes in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Berlin (Germany)." Slavic Review

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David-Emil Wickström
• Mitarbeit: Andreas Umland (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: ibidem
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.04.2011
• EAN: 9783838201009
• ISBN: 978-3-8382-0100-9
• Seiten: 374
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 460 g
• Illustration: w. num. ills.
• Serien: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS); Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS)
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Monografien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein