Populism and (Pop) Music

Contents

• 1 Populism, Popular Culture and (pop) Music: An introduction.-
• 1. 1 Why study Populism and (Popular) Culture.-
• 1. 2 Music and Politics.-
• 1. 3 (Pop) Music and populism: 'Mind the Gap'.-
• 1. 4 Populism, Populisms: A Definition (and its boundaries).-
• 1. 5 Populism and (pop) music between Opportunities and Resources: Research Design.-
• 1. 6 Our case: Italy.-
• 1. 7 Data and Methods.-
• 1. 8 The content of the volume.- 2 Populism and (Pop) Music: Multiple Opportunity Structures in Italy.-
• 2. 1 Music-market opportunity structure in Italy.-
• 2. 2 Political opportunities.-
• 2. 3 Discursive-cultural opportunities.-
• 2. 4 Conclusions.- 3 Pop Music and populist messages.-
• 3. 1 A surprising populist hype in contemporary Italian pop music.-
• 3. 2 Musicological Group Analysis: 'Playing Italianess in Italian pop music'.-
• 3. 3 Conclusions.- 4 The Use of (pop) Music by Populist Parties.-
• 4. 1 Music at the Lega Events: Building a 'partisan culture' through music.-
• 4. 2 Music at the 5SM events: a different process of partisan culture-building.-
• 4. 3
• Conclusion different populisms, different usages of pop music.- 5 The interactions between populist actors and popular music in the public sphere.-
• 5. 1 Average Italian Fan: Matteo Salvini and the politicization of his music tastes.-
• 5. 2 Salvini vs. Pop Artists: flattering and bullying.-
• 5. 3 Pop Music Artists vs. Salvini: reproducing the populism/anti-populism divide.-
• 5. 4 Five Star Movement: Too Little Frivolous to Play Pop-Politics in a credible way.-
• 5. 5 Between the political roles of singers and music appropriation by politicians: Voices from experts.-
• 5. 6 Conclusions.- 6 Between Music and Politics: the reception of ('populist') music by fans and citizens.-
• 6. 1 'I like him because he got what he wanted': authentic, rebel, 'not political' (i.e. not ideological or partisan).-
• 6. 2 Pop artists and politics in fans' daily lives.-
• 6. 3 Music as a Collective Ritual.-
• 6. 4 "Populists seek the vote of those listening to this kind of music" : cementing the antipopulist-populist divide through pop music.-
• 6. 5 Music, politics, and audiences: Conclusion.- 7
• Conclusion Challenges and Opportunities of (pop) Music for populism.-
• 7. 1 Music 'as action': speaking out vs. speaking as.-
• 7. 2 Music as action: 'Organizing'.-
• 7. 3 Between music and politics (in Italy): Toward an explanation?.-
• 7. 4 Populism and pop Music: Scientific added value and some normative reflections.