Overview
Provides the first detailed study of the Eurovision Song Contest in Australia
Contributes to a wider understanding of the intersection of multiculturalism and popular culture
Offers an understanding of local and global political, social and cultural concerns
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents the first in-depth study of the Eurovision Song Contest from an Australian perspective. Using a cultural studies approach, the study draws together fan interviews and surveys with media and textual analysis of the contest itself. In doing so, it begins to answer the question of why the European song contest appeals to viewers in Australia. It explores and challenges the dominant narrative that links Eurovision fandom to post-WWII European migration, arguing that this Eurocentric narrative presents a limited view of how contemporary Australian multicultural society operates in the context of globalized culture. It concludes with a consideration of the future of the Eurovision Song Contest as Australia enters into the ‘Asian century’.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jessica Carniel is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. Understanding the Eurovision Song Contest in Multicultural Australia draws together her ongoing research interests in migration, multiculturalism, and popular culture with her lifelong fandom of the contest.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding the Eurovision Song Contest in Multicultural Australia
Book Subtitle: We Got Love
Authors: Jessica Carniel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02315-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02314-0Published: 20 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02315-7Published: 02 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 123
Topics: Music, Popular Culture , European Culture, Australasian Culture