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Aporien des Kulturboykotts: Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung, ANC und der Konflikt um Paul Simons Album 'Graceland' (1985–1988)

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Siegfried, Detlef

Abstract

In der Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung spielte Musik als politisches Medium eine herausragende Rolle, besonders in den 1980er-Jahren. Auf der Basis von Quellenmaterial aus England und aus Südafrika untersucht der Aufsatz die Kontroverse um Paul Simons Album »Graceland« (1986) vor dem Hintergrund des Kulturb... view more

In der Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung spielte Musik als politisches Medium eine herausragende Rolle, besonders in den 1980er-Jahren. Auf der Basis von Quellenmaterial aus England und aus Südafrika untersucht der Aufsatz die Kontroverse um Paul Simons Album »Graceland« (1986) vor dem Hintergrund des Kulturboykotts. Dieser sollte das Apartheid-Regime auf dem Gebiet der Kultur isolieren, wurde aber seit Mitte der 1980er-Jahre von der Opposition innerhalb Südafrikas immer mehr als Fessel betrachtet. Der African National Congress (ANC) betrieb eine Modifikation des Boykotts – gegen den Widerstand der britischen Anti-Apartheid-Bewegung. Die Kontroverse um »Graceland« steigerte noch die Verwirrung: Es gab unterschiedliche Meinungen zu der Frage, ob Simon durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit südafrikanischen Musikern den Kulturboykott gebrochen habe und wie dies eventuell zu sanktionieren sei. Der Versuch, in Zeiten gesteigerter Medialisierung grenzüberschreitende kulturelle Ströme durch politische Instanzen kontrollieren zu wollen, war letztlich zum Scheitern verurteilt.... view less


Music played an important role as a political medium for the anti-apartheid movement, particularly in the 1980s. Drawing on sources from the UK and South Africa, the article investigates the controversy surrounding Paul Simon’s album Graceland (1986) against the backdrop of the cultural boycott agai... view more

Music played an important role as a political medium for the anti-apartheid movement, particularly in the 1980s. Drawing on sources from the UK and South Africa, the article investigates the controversy surrounding Paul Simon’s album Graceland (1986) against the backdrop of the cultural boycott against South Africa. The aim of the boycott was to isolate the apartheid regime in the field of culture, but from the middle of the 1980s, the opposition within South Africa increasingly regarded it as an obstacle. The African National Congress (ANC) pursued a modification of the boycott against the resistance of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). The controversy over Graceland only served to compound the confusion: opinions differed as to whether Simon had really breached the cultural boycott by collaborating with South African musicians, and on how this could potentially be sanctioned (in either sense of the word). The incident shows that the attempt to control transnational cultural currents through political institutions in times of increased mediatisation was ultimately doomed to failure.... view less

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature

Free Keywords
Soziales; Politik; Kultur; Musik; Pop; Transnationale Geschichte; Internationale Organisationen; Internationale Beziehungen; Menschenrechte; Race; Soziale Bewegungen; Protest; Verflechtung

Document language
German

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 254-279

Journal
Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History, 13 (2016) 2

Issue topic
Apartheid und Anti-Apartheid - Südafrika und Westeuropa

ISSN
1612-6041

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed


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