Living in the Merry Ghetto: the music and politics of the Czech underground

This work reframes how people use music to build resistance. To do so, Hagen addresses the social context of illegal music-making in Czechoslovakia during state socialism, asking 'How do aesthetics Nnrture political consciousness?". He tells the story of a group of rock 'n' rolle...

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1. Verfasser: Hagen, Trever ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:This work reframes how people use music to build resistance. To do so, Hagen addresses the social context of illegal music-making in Czechoslovakia during state socialism, asking 'How do aesthetics Nnrture political consciousness?". He tells the story of a group of rock 'n' rollers who went underground after 1968, building a parallel world from where they could flourish. The text examines the case of the Czech Underground, the politics of their music & their way of life, paying close attention to the development of the ensemble the Plastic People of the Universe. Taking in multiple political transitions from the 1940s to the 2000s, the story focuses on non-official cultural practices such as listening to foreign radio broadcasts, seeking out copied cassette tapes, listening to banned LPs, growing long hair, attending clandestine concerts, smuggling albums via diplomats, recording in home-studios, & being thrown in prison for any of these activities
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2019. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780190263881
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190263850.001.0001

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