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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300010303321

Autore

Carniel Jessica

Titolo

Understanding the Eurovision Song Contest in Multicultural Australia : We Got Love / / by Jessica Carniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

3-030-02315-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (V, 123 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

780

782.421640794

Soggetti

Music

Popular Culture

Ethnology—Europe

Culture

Australasia

European Culture

Australasian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - A tale of two broadcasters: the EBU and SBS -- Chapter 3 - Aussie-fying Eurovision: local commentary as media interpolation -- Chapter 4 - Part of the party: celebrating Eurovision together -- Chapter 5 - ‘We’re a nation of proud multicultural dags’: multiculturalism and viewer identities -- Chapter 6 - From Mr Eurovision to Australian Idols: Australian performances (and performing Australia) -- Chapter 7 - “Every region of the world should have a -Vision”: Eurovision in the Asian century -- Chapter 8 - Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

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’.