This fascinating and lively volume makes the case that the Eurovision Song Contest is an arena for European identification in which both national solidarity and participation in a European identity are confirmed, and a site where cultural struggles over the meanings, frontiers and limits of Europe are enacted.

Autorentext
Ioana Szeman, Roehampton University, UK Karen Fricker, Brock University, Canada Yana Meerzon, University of Ottawa, Canada Dmitri Priven, University of Ottawa, Canada Justyna Sempruch, University of Basel, Switzerland Katarzyna Marciniak, Ohio University, USA Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University, USA Elaine Aston, Lancaster University, UK Peter Rehberg, University of Texas, Austin, USA Robert Kulpa, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Apostolos Lampropoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Brian Singleton, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Marilena Zaroulia, University of Winchester, UK Milija Gluhovic, University of Warwick, UK

Inhalt
Introduction: Eurovision and the 'New' Europe; Karen Fricker and Milija Gluhovic PART I: FEELING EUROPEAN: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE 1. 'Sharing the moment': Europe, Affect and Utopian Performatives in the Eurovision Song Contest; Marilena Zaroulia 2. 'It's just not funny any more': Terry Wogan, Melancholy Britain and the Eurovision Song Contest; Karen Fricker 3. Europe, with feeling: The Eurovision Song Contest as entertainment; Mari Pajala 4. 'The song contest is a battlefield': Panel discussion with Eurovision Song Contest broadcasters, 18 February 2011 PART II: EUROPEAN MARGINS AND MULTIPLE MODERNITIES 5. Back to the Future: Imagining a New Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest; Yana Meerzon and Dmitri Priven 6. 'Playing with Fire,' and Playing It Safe: With(out) Roma at the Eurovision Song Contest?; Ioana Szeman 7. From Dana to Dustin: The Reputation of Old/New Ireland and the Eurovision Song Contest; Brian Singleton PART III: GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUALITIES IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 8. Competing Femininities: A Girl for Eurovision; Elaine Aston 9. Taken by a stranger: How queerness haunts Germany at Eurovision; Peter Rehberg 10. Sing for Democracy: Human Rights and Sexuality Discourse in the Eurovision Song Contest; Milija Gluhovic 11. Conundrums of Post-Socialist Belonging at the Eurovision Song Contest; Katrin Sieg Bibliography Index