Popular music as an anticipation, “framing” and construction of generational memory of the 1968 students’ protest in Yugoslavia
Abstract
By focusing on the role of music within a certain political event - in this
case, the students’ protests in Yugoslavia in June 1968 - I connect the
sociology of music with the sociology of social movements as defined by
American writers Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison. Moreover, I suggest further
research based on the sociology of generations. I insist on the cultural
basis of social movements, as argued by these Yale-educated sociologists.
Contrary to the typically onesided or negative evaluation on the consequences
of the 1968 protests on the further development of Yugoslav society, I
discuss the importance of this crucial year on the history of Yugoslav rock
music and the students’ lifestyle. I argue that the entertainment
institutions in Yugoslavia, including rock’n’roll, pop and jazz music, as
well as the amateur folklore societies, were crucial for the
selfidentification of the protagonists of the 1960s student protests, and not
only the students’ political choices. M...usic anticipated and accompanied the
1968 protests, and later helped in constructing the memories on these
protests. Music is singled out as the object of study based on the analysis
of a vast body of archival material and the participants’ testimonies, in
which the music could be observed as the only constant parameter in the
process of constructing collective memory to the 1960s in Yugoslavia and the
1968 events. I discuss music in the context of social movements for the sake
of analyzing the multiplicity of music’s meanings for various social groups.
Music is seen outside of institutional frameworks. Bearing in mind the lack
of literature that deals comprehensively with the lifestyle of the youth at
that time, including their musical preferences, I used various secondary
sources
Source:
Muzikologija, 2013, 2013, 14, 117-134Publisher:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Muzikološki institut, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- The Modernization of the Western Balkans (RS-177009)
Institution/Community
Istorija / HistoryTY - JOUR AU - Vasiljević, Maja PY - 2013 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1768 AB - By focusing on the role of music within a certain political event - in this case, the students’ protests in Yugoslavia in June 1968 - I connect the sociology of music with the sociology of social movements as defined by American writers Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison. Moreover, I suggest further research based on the sociology of generations. I insist on the cultural basis of social movements, as argued by these Yale-educated sociologists. Contrary to the typically onesided or negative evaluation on the consequences of the 1968 protests on the further development of Yugoslav society, I discuss the importance of this crucial year on the history of Yugoslav rock music and the students’ lifestyle. I argue that the entertainment institutions in Yugoslavia, including rock’n’roll, pop and jazz music, as well as the amateur folklore societies, were crucial for the selfidentification of the protagonists of the 1960s student protests, and not only the students’ political choices. Music anticipated and accompanied the 1968 protests, and later helped in constructing the memories on these protests. Music is singled out as the object of study based on the analysis of a vast body of archival material and the participants’ testimonies, in which the music could be observed as the only constant parameter in the process of constructing collective memory to the 1960s in Yugoslavia and the 1968 events. I discuss music in the context of social movements for the sake of analyzing the multiplicity of music’s meanings for various social groups. Music is seen outside of institutional frameworks. Bearing in mind the lack of literature that deals comprehensively with the lifestyle of the youth at that time, including their musical preferences, I used various secondary sources PB - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Muzikološki institut, Beograd T2 - Muzikologija T1 - Popular music as an anticipation, “framing” and construction of generational memory of the 1968 students’ protest in Yugoslavia EP - 134 IS - 14 SP - 117 VL - 2013 DO - 10.2298/MUZ1314117V ER -
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Vasiljević, M.. (2013). Popular music as an anticipation, “framing” and construction of generational memory of the 1968 students’ protest in Yugoslavia. in Muzikologija Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Muzikološki institut, Beograd., 2013(14), 117-134. https://doi.org/10.2298/MUZ1314117V
Vasiljević M. Popular music as an anticipation, “framing” and construction of generational memory of the 1968 students’ protest in Yugoslavia. in Muzikologija. 2013;2013(14):117-134. doi:10.2298/MUZ1314117V .
Vasiljević, Maja, "Popular music as an anticipation, “framing” and construction of generational memory of the 1968 students’ protest in Yugoslavia" in Muzikologija, 2013, no. 14 (2013):117-134, https://doi.org/10.2298/MUZ1314117V . .