Red stars
Subtitle: personality and the Soviet popular song, 1955-1991
By: David MacFadyen.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Popular music -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism; Popular music -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union; Singers -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Musique populaire -- URSS -- Histoire et critique; Musique populaire -- Aspect social -- URSS; Chanteurs -- URSS -- Biographies
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: "Red Stars traces the history of Soviet popular song after 1955 by looking at the careers of the singers Edita P'ekha, Iosif Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, Sofiia Rotaru, Valerii Leont'ev, Alla Pugacheva, and Irina Ponarovskaia.

Their songs, played frequently on Soviet radio and purchased in the hundreds of millions, tell the story of Soviet popular culture since the death of Joseph Stalin, David MacFadyen discusses national identity, gender, and the development of celebrity in a socialist state, ultimately tackling the question of whether it is possible for artists to achieve genuine self-expression while under continuous political scrutiny."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-307), filmography (p. 307-309), discography (p. 310-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Soviet popular song after Stalin; title: Lyric or civic: personality and theatricality; title: Why sing estrada? Philosophical contexts of the genre; title: Edita Pekha: gentle voice of the thaw; title: Iosif Kobzon and the civic response; title: Irina Ponarovskaia and Sofiia Rotaru : in and out of Russia; title: Lev Leshchenko and Valerii Leont'ev: two nightingales; title: Alla Pugacheva: redefinine estrada; title: Alla Pugacheva: redefining personality.