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1 online resource (xi, 319 pages) : portraits |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-307), filmography (pages 307-309), discography (pages 310-315) and index. |
| Contents |
The Soviet popular song after Stalin -- Lyric or civic: personality and theatricality -- Why sing estrada? Philosophical contexts of the genre -- Edita Pekha: gentle voice of the thaw -- Iosif Kobzon and the civic response -- Irina Ponarovskaia and Sofiia Rotaru : in and out of Russia -- Lev Leshchenko and Valerii Leont'ev: two nightingales -- Alla Pugacheva: redefinine estrada -- Alla Pugacheva: redefining personality. |
| Summary |
"Red Stars traces the history of Soviet popular song after 1955 by looking at the careers of the singers Edita P'ekha, Iosif Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, Sofiia Rotaru, Valerii Leont'ev, Alla Pugacheva, and Irina Ponarovskaia. |
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Their songs, played frequently on Soviet radio and purchased in the hundreds of millions, tell the story of Soviet popular culture since the death of Joseph Stalin, David MacFadyen discusses national identity, gender, and the development of celebrity in a socialist state, ultimately tackling the question of whether it is possible for artists to achieve genuine self-expression while under continuous political scrutiny."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Popular music -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
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Singers -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Singers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1955-1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: MacFadyen, David, 1964- Red stars. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001 (DLC) 2002511352 |
| ISBN |
9780773568792 (electronic book) |
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0773568794 (electronic book) |
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1282858963 |
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9781282858961 |
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9780773521063 |
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0773521062 |
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