German Pop Music: A Companion

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German Pop Music

A Companion

Edited by: Uwe Schütte

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2017

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Volume 6 | Companions to Contemporary German Culture

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The development of German pop music represents a fascinating cultural mirror to the history of post-war Germany, reflecting sociological changes and political developments. While film studies is an already established discipline, German pop music is currently emerging as a new and exciting field of academic study.
This pioneering companion is the first volume to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject, charting the development of German pop music from the post-war period 'Schlager' to the present 'Diskursrock'. Written by acknowledged experts from Germany, the UK and the US, the various chapters provide overviews of pertinent genres as well as focusing on major bands such as CAN, Kraftwerk or Rammstein. While these acts have shaped the international profile of German pop music, the volume also undertakes in-depth examinations of the specific German contributions to genres such as punk, industrial, rap and techno.
The survey is concluded by an interview with the leading German pop theorist Diedrich Diederichsen. The volume constitutes an indispensible companion for any student, teacher and scholar in the area of German studies interested in contemporary popular culture.

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Uwe Schütte, Berlin.

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"Indeed, German Pop Music: A Companion is aimed at (primarily anglophone) students and scholars in German Studies, providing a non-music-specialist introduction to the field of Popular Music Studies while also mapping the territory where popular music and German history intersect. [...] While each chapter can be read fruitfully as a stand-alone essay, there is also a narrative thread discernible throughout the book, with each chapter picking up where the previous one left off. [...] German Pop Music provides an informative, accessible, and much-needed anglophone introduction to the field of German Popular Music Studies."
Luis-Manuel Garcia in: Modern Language Review, Vol. 113 (2018), Part 2, 449-451

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction – Pop Music as the Soundtrack of German Post-War History Uwe Schütte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Schlager and Musical Conservatism in the Post-War Era Julio Mendívil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The Protest Song of the Late 1960s and Early 1970s – Franz Josef Degenhardt and Ton Steine Scherben David Robb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Krautrock – The Development of a Movement John Littlejohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Kraftwerk – Industrielle Volksmusik between Retro-Futurism and Ambivalence Uwe Schütte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Fehlfarben and German Punk: The Making of ‘No Future’ Cyrus Shahan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Ripples on a Bath of Steel – The Two Stages of Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW) Christian Jäger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Einstürzende Neubauten to Rammstein: Mapping the Industrial Continuum in German Pop Music Alexander Carpenter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Sender Deutschland – The Development and Reception of Techno in Germany Alexei Monroe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Rap in Germany – Multicultural Narratives of the Berlin Republic Marissa Kristina Munderloh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Diskursrock and the ‘Hamburg School’. German Pop Music as Art and Intellectual Discourse Christoph Jürgensen and Antonius Weixler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Saying ‘Yes!’ While Meaning ‘No!’ – A Conversation with Diedrich Diederichsen Heinrich Deisl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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eBook published on:

January 11, 2017

eBook ISBN:

9783110425727

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January 11, 2017

Paperback ISBN:

9783110425710

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6

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270

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110425727

eBook ISBN: 9783110425727

Paperback ISBN: 9783110425710

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German culture; German music; pop music; Kraftwerk

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Scholars, teachers and students of German studies, sociology, musicology, post-war history and cultural studies

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