Overview
- This is the first collection of interdisciplinary scholarship on Australia and Eurovision from predominantly Australian scholars
- Presents a timely intervention into questions of Australian national identity and culture on an international and non-sporting stage
- Provides an in-depth exploration of Australia’s multi-faceted engagement with the Eurovision Song Contest over thirty-six years
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Australia in Eurovision
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Interval Act
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Eurovision in Australia
Reviews
“For anyone who wonders why Australia is in the Eurovision Song Contest, this expert collection of essays explores the diverse cultural and historical dynamics of this antipodal relationship. But that’s only half the story: how Eurovision is in Australia reveals the continent’s multiculturalism born of immigration, its indigenous First Nations people, and its close bonds with Asian nations. A timely and insightful study of the song contest’s far-reaching connections even as globalism is everywhere in question.” (Ivan Raykoff, Associate Professor of Music, The New School, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Chris Hay is Lecturer in Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia. As a Eurovision fan, he identifies as the love child of Cezar Ouatu and Petra Mede.
Jessica Carniel is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is a passionate advocate for bangers over ballads.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eurovision and Australia
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Down Under
Editors: Chris Hay, Jessica Carniel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20058-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20057-2Published: 07 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20060-2Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20058-9Published: 25 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 287
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural Policy and Politics, Australasian Culture, European Culture, Music