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The Eurovision Song Contest – A Continent (still) Divided?

Journal of Historical Sociology, 2020
ABSTRACTCredited as one of the most successful major televised music events held annually in Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) still serves as a battlefield between Eastern and Western European aesthetic paradigms. Although the Western paradigm has long been regarded as an almost universal criterion of success, the contemporary ESC presents a ...
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The Colonial Imaginary of ‘Europe’ in the EU's Asymmetrical Response to the Russian and Israeli Aggressions: Ukraine as a Member of the ‘Family’ Whilst ‘Othering’ Palestine

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 1685-1709, November 2025.
Abstract What is ‘Europe’? The response to this question is not straightforward, as ‘Europe’ is a floating signifier that is in constant renegotiation. In this article, we focus on the imaginary of ‘Europe’ that has been deployed in the most salient international crises of the last years that have heavily shaken European Union (EU) politics: the ...
Alvaro Oleart, Juan Roch
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Unity in Diversity: European Citizenship through the Lens of Popular Culture

The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2011
Citizenship plays a central role within the political, legal and academic discourse of the European Union. It has been instrumental in attempting to foster a European identity across national boundaries, and it is a useful heuristic device for analyzing ...
Carl F. Stychin
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Køn, seksualitet og politik i Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Cultural History, 2022
Denne artikel undersøger Serbiens positionering i Den Europæiske Union (EU) med udgangspunkt i Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) i 2007 og 2008, samt hvordan Serbiens deltagelse og sejr i ESC var med til at styrke muligheden for et EU-medlemskab efter ...
Maja Lehn, Izabella Garnett
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Introduction : gender and geopolitics in the Eurovision Song Contest [PDF]

, 2015
From the vantage point of the early 1990s, when the end of the Cold War not only inspired the discourses of many Eurovision performances but created opportunities for the map of Eurovision participation itself to significantly expand in a short space of ...
Baker, Catherine
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Analysis of Characteristic Features of Modern Ukrainian Pop Hits on the example of Works that Won International Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, 2016, 2022

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MANAGERIAL STAFF OF CULTURE AND ARTS HERALD, 2022
The purpose of the work. The article is devoted to the analysis of three winning songs of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, 2016, and 2022 (“Wild Dances”, “1944”, and “Stefania”), performed by singers Ruslana, Jamala, and the “Kalush Orchestra” band ...
Vadym Kolosok
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Reframing Gender‐Inclusive Language in German Education: Politics, Pedagogy, and Possibilities

Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 175-185, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT Recently in Germany the question of gender‐inclusive language has become another front in the culture wars. Headlines portray these linguistic innovations as disruptive and unnecessary while politicians across Germany have moved to ban or restrict certain types of inclusive language.
Maureen O. Gallagher
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Gender and Geopolitics in the Eurovision Song Contest

Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 2015
Catherine Baker
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Examining collusion and voting biases between countries during the Eurovision song contest since 1957

, 2017
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an annual event which attracts millions of viewers. It is an interesting activity to examine since the participants of the competition represent a particular country's musical performance that will be awarded a set of
Hopkins, Alexander D., Mantzaris, Alexander V., Rein, Samuel R.   +2 more
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‘Are you sure you’re not gay?’: Straight and bisexual male experiences of Eurovision Song Contest fandom

Social & Cultural Geography, 2021
The Eurovision song Contest (ESC), amongst others, recognises lesbian, gay, bisexual and, trans (LGBT) people internationally. Limited attention has been paid in understanding bisexual and straight male engagement with the event.
Jamie Halliwell
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