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Book Synopsis For decades, Germany has been shaped and reshaped by the sounds of popular music—whether viewed as uniquely German or an ideological invader from abroad. This collected volume brings together leading figures in the field of German Studies, popular music studies, and cultural studies at large to survey the sociopolitical impact of music on conceptions of the German state and national identity, gender and sexuality, and transnational cultural production and consumption, expanding on the ways in which sounds, technologies, media practices, and exchanges of popular music provide a unique glimpse into the cultural dynamics of postwar Germany.
Trade Review “Sounds German expands the perspective through its case studies and enriches the discourse with its background in German and cultural studies, in addition to providing a transatlantic perspective.” • Popular Music History
Table of Contents Introduction: Into the Music Rooms
Kirkland A. Fulk
Chapter 1. Licht aus–Spot an: How Schlager (ZDF 1969–1984) Beat Disco (ZDF 1971–1982)
Sunka Simon
Chapter 2. The Birth of Autotune and the Loop of (West) German Identity
Cyrus Shahan
Chapter 3. Wenn eine Band lange Zeit lebt: Pudhys, Politics, and Popularity
John Littlejohn
Chapter 4. DIY, im Eigenverlag: East German Tamizdat LPs
Seth Howes
Chapter 5. Poetry of an Alien: Black Tape, Silo Nation, and the Historiography of German Hip-Hop’s Alte Schule
Kai-Uwe Werbeck
Chapter 6. Death in June and the Apoliteic Specter of Neofolk in Germany
Mirko M. Hall
Chapter 7. Knitted Naked Suits and Shedding Skins: The Body Politics of Popfeminist Musical Performances in the Twenty-first Century
Maria Stehle
Chapter 8. Searching for the Young Soul Rebels: On Writing, New Wave, and the Ends of Cultural Studies
Richard Langston
