Eurovisions: Identity and the International Politics of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1956

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalman, Julie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wellings, Ben (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jacotine, Keshia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ethnology-Europe.; European Union.; European Economic Community literature.; Europe-History.; Europe-Politics and government.; European Culture.; European Union Politics.; European Integration.; European History.; European Politics.

This book uses the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), as an analytical entry point to understand and illuminate post-War Europe and the drive to create an identity that can legitimise the European project in its broadest sense. The ESC presents an idealised vision of Europe, and this has long existed in...