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Popular Music and Public Diplomacy: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Perspectives
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Abstract In the early years of the Cold War, Western nations increasingly adopted strategies of public diplomacy involving popular music. While the diplomatic use of popular music was initially limited to such genres as jazz, the second half of the 20th century saw a growing presence of various popular genre... view more
In the early years of the Cold War, Western nations increasingly adopted strategies of public diplomacy involving popular music. While the diplomatic use of popular music was initially limited to such genres as jazz, the second half of the 20th century saw a growing presence of various popular genres in diplomatic contexts, including rock, pop, bluegrass, flamenco, funk, disco, and hip-hop, among others. This volume illuminates the interrelation of popular music and public diplomacy from a transnational and transdisciplinary angle. The contributions argue that, as popular music has been a crucial factor in international relations, its diplomatic use has substantially impacted the global musical landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries.... view less
Keywords
politics; international relations; diplomacy; music; popular culture; pop music; musicology; cultural history
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Popular Music; History; History of the 20th Century
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
328 p.
Series
Popular Music
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839443583
ISBN
978-3-8394-4358-3
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0