Performing the ‘New’ Europe: Identities, Feelings, and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Eurovision and the ‘New’ Europe....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
‘Sharing the Moment’: Europe, Affect, and Utopian Performatives in the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 31-52
‘It’s Just Not Funny Any More’: Terry Wogan, Melancholy Britain, and the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 53-76
Europe, with Feeling: The Eurovision Song Contest as Entertainment....Pages 77-93
‘The Song Contest Is a Battlefield’: Panel Discussion with Eurovision Song Contest Broadcasters, 18 February 2011....Pages 94-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Back to the Future: Imagining a New Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 111-124
‘Playing with Fire’ and Playing It Safe: With(out) Roma at the Eurovision Song Contest?....Pages 125-141
From Dana to Dustin: The Reputation of Old/New Ireland and the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 142-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Competing Femininities: A ‘Girl’ for Eurovision....Pages 163-177
Taken by a Stranger: How Queerness Haunts Germany at Eurovision....Pages 178-193
Sing for Democracy: Human Rights and Sexuality Discourse in the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 194-217
Conundrums of Post-Socialist Belonging at the Eurovision Song Contest....Pages 218-237
Back Matter....Pages 238-264