Chanson, canzone, Schlager, and song
Switzerland’s identity struggle in the Eurovision Song Contest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23744256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Baumgartner (0000-0003-1536-2816, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 37-47 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Song for Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315097732-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2903822306 |
| ISBN | 9781315097732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an event in which the cultural differences of many European countries are celebrated and renewed every year in a major televised media spectacle. Switzerland, with its four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romanic or "Romansch") and respective regional traditions, offers the most prominent example of multicultural national identity in the ESC. This chapter examines how Switzerland has projected a national identity through its contributions over the years, most importantly through its choice of language and its use of national symbols. Sending a Swiss-German song to the ESC would be a perfect representation of the country&s;s national identity and multicultural make-up, and would also contribute to European language diversity. Italy, with its canzone tradition, has its own song contest since 1951, the San Remo Festival, which has complicated Switzerland&s;s ESC participation in interesting ways.
Aesthetics · Art · CONTEST · Humanities · Identity (music) · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |