Title

Introduction

Authors

Ivan Raykoff, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Robert Deam Tobin, Whitman College

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

This essay introduces readers to basic principles of the Eurovision Song Contest, arguing that the competition offers a vision of Europe as “democratic, capitalist, peace-loving, multicultural, sexually liberated and technologically advanced.”

Publication Title

A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest

Publication Date

2007

First Page

xvii

Last Page

xxi

ISBN

9780754658795

DOI

10.4324/9781315097732

Repository Citation

Raykoff, Ivan and Tobin, Robert Deam, "Introduction" (2007). Publications. 6.
https://commons.clarku.edu/tobinpub/6