Made in Germany

Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of German music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Germany.

Introduction: Deutschland - Echt jetzt? German Popular Music's Complicated Relationship with German Identity Oliver Seibt, Martin Ringsmut, and David-Emil Wickström / Interview: Rocking the Academy? Two Cold-War Careers and the Emergence of Popular Music Studies and Higher Popular Music Education in Germany. An Interview with Peter Wicke and Udo Dahmen David-Emil Wickström / Part I: Historical Spotlights / 1: Transnational Networks and Intermedial Interfaces in German Popular Music, 1900-1939 Caroline Stahrenberg / 2: Nazis and Quiet Sounds: Popular Music, Simulated Normality, and Cultural Niches in the Terror Regime, 1933-45 Jens Gerrit Papenburg / 3: Conflicting Identities: The Meaning and Significance of Popular Music in the GDR Michael Rauhut / 4: 'Party on the Death Strip' - Reflections on an Historical Turning Point Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer / Part II: Globally German / 5: The Krauts Are Coming: Electronic Music and Rock in the 1970s Ulrich Adelt / 6: German Metal Attack: Power Metal in and from Germany Jan-Peter Herbst / 7: German Longings: A Dialogue on the Promises and Dangers of National Stereotypes Melanie Schiller and Jeroen de Kloet / Part III: Also "Made in Germany" / 8: Peepl rock: Post-Soviet Popular Music in Germany David-Emil Wickström / 9: Made in Almanya: The Birth of Turkish Rap Thomas Solomo / 10: G.I. Blues and German Schlager: The Politics of Popular Music in Germany during the Cold War Bodo Mrozek / Part IV: Explicitly German / 11: Neue Deutsche Welle: Tactical Affirmation as a Strategy of Subversion Barbara Hornberger / 12: "One Day You Will Wish We'd Only Played Music": Some Remarks on Recent Developments of Germany's RechtsRock Scene Thorsten Hindrichs / 13: Hallo Blumenau, bom dia Brasil! German Music Beyond Germany Julio Mendiìvil / Part V: Reluctantly German / 14: "Meine Lieder sind anders": Hildegard Knef and the Idea(l) of German Chanson Reneì Michaelsen / 15: How Munich and Frankfurt Brought (Electronic) Dance Music to the Top of the International Charts with Eurodisco and Eurodance - and Why Germany Was Not Involved Heiko Wandler / 16: Japonisme 2.0: German visual-kei Fans, Tokio Hotel, and the Popular Music Genre That Must Not Exist Oliver Seibt / Coda / 17: The Germaican Connection - German Reggae Abroad Martin Ringsmut / Interview: Standing Up Against Discrimination and Exclusion: An Interview with Kutlu Yurtseven (Microphone Mafia) Monika E. Schoop / Selected Bibliography