Euro-Pop: The Production and Consumption of a European Popular Culture in the 20th Century

Euro-Pop: The Production and Consumption of a European Popular Culture in the 20th Century

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Villa Vigoni e.V., Deutsch-Italienisches Zentrum; Klaus Nathaus; Patrick Merziger
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Villa Vigoni
Ort
Loveno di Menaggio (CO)
Land
Italy
Vom - Bis
08.06.2009 - 11.06.2009
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Patrick Merziger, Historische und Systematische Kommunikationswissenschaft, Universität Leipzig

Whereas Europe as a political, economic, and social project has received much scholarly attention, the European dimension of popular culture - the movies, books and sport events, the music, theatre and television, the fashion, food and tourism which are all aimed at a mass market and are meant to entertain – has been neglected. This is somewhat surprising as popular culture is generally perceived as a prime medium of social integration and the construction of identity.

Moreover, there are some phenomena of popular culture that are produced and marketed as specifically European and appeal to a European audience. One may think of European club football under the head of the UEFA, musical styles such as “Euro-Disco” or “Euro-Dance”, or the “European Cinema” that is, at least from an American perspective, characterised by a common style and production mode.

Against this backdrop, the planned conference suggests to scrutinise the consumption and production of a European popular culture and its socialising effects. It wants to assess its historical developments in the 20th century, explore its potential for European social integration and identify factors that have facilitated or impeded its Europeanization.

Programm

Monday, 8th of June 2009
19.00 h, Welcome

Tuesday, 9th of June 2009

9.00-10.30 h, Keynote Lecture

Richard A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN): The

Production and Consumption of Culture Perspectives in U.S. Sociology

11.00-12.30 h, Section „Music“

Klaus Nathaus (Bielefeld University): What is European about Popular Music made in Europe? The Production and Dissemination of Hits in Western European Countries, 1950s to 1980s

Dean Vuletic (Columbia University): The Construction of Communist Yugoslavia’s European Identity through Popular Culture

Chair and comment: Richard Coopey (Aberystwyth University).

14.30-16.00 h, Section „Media“

Alexander Badenoch (Utrecht University): Europe, no points? The (non-)places of pop music in public service broadcasting in post-war Europe

Patrick Merziger (Free University Berlin): The National Separation of European Film Industry. The German Example 1929-1974

Chair and comment: Frank Bösch (Justus Liebig University Gießen)

16.30-18 h, Section „Sport“

Christopher Young (Cambridge) / Alan Tomlinson (University of Brighton): Sport in Europe: Complex Histories and Possibilities

Richard Haynes (University of Stirling): Television Sport and Listed Events: An Anachronism in the Digital Age?

Chair and comment: Christiane Eisenberg (Humboldt University Berlin)

Wednesday, 10th of June 2009

9.00-10.30 h, Section „Tourism“

Angela Schwarz (University of Siegen): „… como todos se reunen este año en la capital de Francia“: World’s Fairs in Europe and the Emergence of a Common Leisure Culture

Susan Barton (De Montfort University, Leicester): Package Holidays in Spain for British Tourists: The Beginnings of European Popular Tourism, 1950-1970

Chair and comment: Paolo Capuzzo (Bologna University)

11.00-12.30 h, Section „Food“

Kolleen M. Guy (University of Texas at San Antonio): Terroir and the Return of Regional Identities in Europe

Lars Amenda (University of Osnabrück): Culinary Exoticism? Chinese Restaurants and Popular Imagination in Western Europe in the 20th Century

Chair and comment: Jonathan Morris (University of Hertfordshire)

14.30-16.00 h, Section „Fashion“

Bodo Mrozek (Free University Berlin): Dedicated Followers of Fashion? Clothing, Style and the Construction of Identity in European Post-War Popular Culture

Véronique Pouillard (Harvard Business School): The Birth of the Brand as Fashion Culture. Cross-fertilization of Paris and New York Business Models in the Post-war Fashion Industry

Chair and comment: Lise Skov (Copenhagen Business School)

16.30-18.00 h

Panel Discussion led by the Chairpeople of the Sections

Kontakt

Dr. Klaus Nathaus, Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 10 01 31, 33501 Bielefeld, klaus.nathaus@uni-bielefeld.de
Patrick Merziger, Freie Universität Berlin, Geschichte - Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Koserstr. 20, 14195 Berlin, p.merziger@fu-berlin.de


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