Wild dances and dying wolves: simulation, essentialization, and national identity at the Eurovision Song Contest

This paper examines Eurovision as a site for the public representation of the nation and explores the tendency towards simulation in such representations. The contest's transnational audience and implication in commercial practices create pressures towards representing the nation through simpli...

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Main Author: Baker, Catherine (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008-07.
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