The Freak Cabaret on the Revolution Stage: On the Ambivalent Politics of Femininity, Rurality, and Nationalism in Ukrainian Popular Music
Journal: Journal of Popular Music Studies
Year: 2016

In the winter of 2013, as dramatic political demonstrations overtook central Kyiv, Ukraine, screens around the world projected live video feeds of the protests first referred to as "Euromaidan," and later simply as "Maidan." 1 Social media was pivotal in inciting the groundswell of opposition that eventually led to the abdication of power by President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled for safe harbor to Russia after ordering government troops to open fire on citizen protestors.Much like the 2011 "Arab