- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Serpent's Tail; Auflage: New Ed (8. Oktober 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1852427760
- ISBN-13: 978-1852427764
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19 x 12,8 x 2,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 415.657 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This is Serbia Calling is a fascinating portrait of how Serbia's "lost generation" expressed their resistance through the few channels left open to them. B92, an avant-garde Belgrade radio station run by a motley, courageous group of enthusiasts, provided a focus for young people who had "grown up thinking things were about to get better but had seen them get much, much worse".
War has come to rely heavily upon control of the media and the Balkans were were no exception. "Turbo folk", a tacky hybrid of Euro-pop and Serbian folk songs, emerged as the soundtrack to nationalism. Brash and corny, its young stars dated gangster politicians and filled the screens of the state-controlled TV stations. Just as symbolically, rock and roll, techno and rap joined the soundtrack for the resistance. In a country gripped by madness, young people alienated by ethnic hatred clutched at B92's anarchic broadcasts. In such brutal times, B92 was a lifeline--proof there were others out there too. In describing so much musical common ground, Matthew Collin, author of the successful history of British dance culture Altered State, conveys all the more powerfully the full bewildering horror of Serbia's disintegration. In this context, the familiar, from gangsta-style to ecstasy culture to absurdist satire, takes on new layers of depth and meaning. Vivid and moving, This Is Serbia Calling brings across the power of music to stave off despair and the terrible shame of how Europe ignored and betrayed Yugoslavia for so long. --Rebecca Johnson. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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"'Collin has not only found a way into the psyche of intelligent, tolerant young people suddenly swamped by a tide of fascist hate... he also shows how pop music can still ignite change, or quietly save souls, when life arrives at its most extreme' Uncut; 'Matthew Collin captures the conviction of a generation whose culture and identity were under siege' Independent on Sunday"
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So far, this has been the best book covering the cultural and social situation (or may I call it disaster) in the 'new' Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (or its bigger part, Serbia). Most of the books published cover the war crimes, Bosnia or Croatia. However, one couln't get an overview of the behind-the-scene situation in Milosevic's fortress of Belgrade, of the young people and their daily routine, and this story's belated happy end. This is exactly what Collin is showing in this marvellous book.
Another great moment in the book is the description of the pre-war Yugoslavia (70's-80's), which makes the reader understand its cultural and social background from a different view i.e. not described by polititians, but by some of the country's most reckognized young people: musicians, artists etc. Well done!
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The Serbs Who Stood Against Milosevic
14. Juni 2011
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"This Is Serbia Calling" provides one of the best available narratives of the beleaguered Serbian resistance to the dead-end oppression and hopelessness of the Milosevic regime of the 1990s. Original interviews with key players--including some who remain at odds with each other--give this book its authenticity of perspective and its welcome humanity.
My only complaint would be with the way this book is promoted; I was kind of expecting a Balkan version of "Pirate Radio," but this is a more serious historical rendering, and a much wider overview than just a story of the day-to-day running of an independent radio station. The picture that emerges of B92 is multifaceted, tremendously clear-eyed, and inspiring, but B92 is only one strand within the larger narrative here of the resistance in general.
Collin's book stands perfectly well on its own, but also makes a nice companion piece to the first-person narratives of Zograf's "Regards from Serbia" and Tesanovic's "Diary of a Political Idiot." Accessible and enlightening--even kind of fun in places--this is a worthy entry, occupying its own special niche, in the literature on post-Tito/post-Yugoslavia Serbia.
(Note this obviously appears to be the same book, under different title and cover, as "Guerrilla Radio: Rock 'N' Roll Radio and Serbia's Underground Resistance.")
My only complaint would be with the way this book is promoted; I was kind of expecting a Balkan version of "Pirate Radio," but this is a more serious historical rendering, and a much wider overview than just a story of the day-to-day running of an independent radio station. The picture that emerges of B92 is multifaceted, tremendously clear-eyed, and inspiring, but B92 is only one strand within the larger narrative here of the resistance in general.
Collin's book stands perfectly well on its own, but also makes a nice companion piece to the first-person narratives of Zograf's "Regards from Serbia" and Tesanovic's "Diary of a Political Idiot." Accessible and enlightening--even kind of fun in places--this is a worthy entry, occupying its own special niche, in the literature on post-Tito/post-Yugoslavia Serbia.
(Note this obviously appears to be the same book, under different title and cover, as "Guerrilla Radio: Rock 'N' Roll Radio and Serbia's Underground Resistance.")
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