The Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural Phenomenon: From Concert Halls to the Halls of Academia

Contents

• Part I From Lugano to the Classroom: The ESC and Academia
• 1. The Grand Tour: The Origins of the ESC as a Cultural Phenomenon
• 2. The Eurovision Song Contest: An Academic Phenomenon
• 3. A Human Rights-Based Analysis of the Eurovision Song Contest and the European Broadcasting Union
• Part II From Past to Present: History, Politics and Society
• 4. The Mythology of Song Contests
• 5. Teaching European History and Memory through Eurovision During the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 6. A March for Power: The Variety of Political Programs on the Eurovision Stage
• 7. The Molitva Factor: Eurovision and 'Performing' National Identity in World Politics
• 8. A Critical Pedagogical Eurovision Euphoria: The Potential of the Eurovision Song Contest to Promote Values Propagated by the European Union within Formal Learning Contexts
• 9. Sharing Values in the Eurovision Song Contest and OTI Festival: The Moral Fourth Person in the Lyrics of the Winning Songs
• 10. Eurovision in the Boardroom: What Does Voting Order Tell Us About Decision Making?
• Part III From Stage to Screen: Film, Media, and Music
• 11. High, Low, and Participatory: The Eurovision Song Contest and Cultural Studies
• 12. Queer Camp Against Franco: Ivan Zulueta's Eurovision Song Contest Parody Un Dos Tres
• 13. The Eurovision Song Contest and European Television History: Continuity, Adaptation, Experimentation
• 14. From Trouble to Bubble? The Ambiguous Relationship between Professional Journalists and Fan Media in the Eurovision Song Contest
• 15. Domesticity, Mass Media, and Moving-Image Aesthetics: The Visual Identity of the Eurovision Song Contest as a Hospitable Platform
• 16. Armchair Researchers: Modes of Ethnographic Research for Understanding and Experiencing Eurovision
• 17. Between Concepts and Behaviors: The Eurovision Song Contest and Ethnomusicology