Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the “Eastern bloc” during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests

Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the “Eastern bloc” during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests

This article examines the voting results and Western European media coverage of the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests. The Austrian drag act Conchita Wurst (the alter ego of an openly gay man) won in 2014, whilst Serbian entrant Marija Šerifović, portrayed in Western European media as lesbian a...

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Main Authors: Alexej Ulbricht, Indraneel Sircar, Koen Slootmaeckers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Southeast European Studies 2015-05-01
Series:Contemporary Southeastern Europe
Subjects:
homonationalism
queer politics
xenophobia
voting behaviour
Eurovision
Online Access:http://unipub.uni-graz.at/cse/periodical/pageview/457397

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