High, Low and Participatory: The Eurovision Song Contest and Cultural Studies
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | High, Low and Participatory: The Eurovision Song Contest and Cultural Studies |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Book Title | The Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural Phenomenon: From Concert Halls to the Halls of Academia |
Authors | Carniel, Jessica |
Editors | Dubin, Adam, Vuletic, Dean and Obregón, Antonio |
Page Range | 163-174 |
Series | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
Chapter Number | 11 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781000614961 |
9781032037745 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188933-14 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003188933-14/high-low-participatory-eurovision-song-contest-cultural-studies-jessica-carniel |
Abstract | At its inception, traditional cultural studies was concerned with bringing scholarly weight and attention to aspects of ‘low’ or popular cultural life that were often not valued equally to ‘high’ cultural forms, such as art, literature and more traditional forms of music, like opera. This chapter looks at how the history of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) can be useful for also examining shifts in the theories and methods of cultural studies. The chapter focuses on the shifting aesthetics of the contest as a signifier of its increasing democratisation and the rising power of the fan and the audience in the modern ESC. |
Keywords | Eurovision, cultural studies, participatory culture |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470214. Screen and media culture |
449999. Other human society not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/v41qy/high-low-and-participatory-the-eurovision-song-contest-and-cultural-studies
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