Dreaming about the American West: Tramping and Country Music in Communist Czechoslovakia
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | European Journal of American Studies |
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| web | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/25050#text |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.4000/15dmi |
| Keywords | american West; country music; normalisation period; tramping music |
| Description | In the paper, I discuss the unexpected popularity of American-style country music against the backdrop of the Czechoslovak political climate, marked by the open atmosphere of the 1960s and the so-called normalization period of the 1970s. |