Dreaming about the American West: Tramping and Country Music in Communist Czechoslovakia

Authors

POSPÍŠIL Tomáš

Year of publication 2025
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Journal of American Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
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.

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