Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe [With CD (Audio)]

by Philip V. Bohlman

Book Overview

Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest music spectacle anywhere in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest -- Philip V. Bohlman reveals the ways in which music and nationalism intersect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415960649
• ISBN13: 9780415960649
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.4"