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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Rocking the state. Boulder : Westview Press, 1994 (OCoLC)621511624 Online version: Rocking the state. Boulder : Westview Press, 1994 (OCoLC)632105365 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sabrina P Ramet |
| ISBN: | 0813317622 9780813317625 0813317630 9780813317632 |
| OCLC Number: | 28798067 |
| Description: | x, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Rock: the music of revolution / Sabrina Petra Ramet -- Rock music in the GDR / Olaf Leitner -- Big beat in Poland / Alex Kan and Nick Hayes -- Rock music in Czechoslovakia / Sabrina Petra Ramet -- "How can I be a human being?" / László Kurti -- Shake, rattle and self-management / Sabrina Petra Ramet -- The Bulgarian rock scene under communism / Stephen Ashley -- The Dean Reed story / Nick Hayes -- The Soviet rock scene / Sabrina Petra Ramet, Sergei Zamascikov, and Robert Bird -- Rock music in Belarus / Maria Paula Survilla -- Rock culture and rock music in Ukraine / Romana Bahry. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet. |
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Abstract:
Romania, never did accept the new genre. Others, such as the East German government, tried to control and monitor rock by requiring musicians and DJs alike to pass tests on Marxist ideology. Other strategies included censoring lyrics, record covers, and attire; insisting on haircuts for band members; and fussing about jewelry and other adornments worn by rockers. The authorities knew that although these bands could not overthrow the state, they could sing up a storm,
and, indeed, rock the state. Bringing together some of the world's leading authorities on rock music under communism, this book analyzes the rise of specific rock groups throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, examining the broader social culture in which they operated and evaluating the political ramifications of their popularity.
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