by Matthew Boyd, Ph.D.

Student Activities

Questions:

1. When considering the musical forms under discussion here and the effects of their mass popularity, can you think of a form of music, art, or visual culture that would have the same kind of potential to spread internationally and take on local importance today?
2. Can you think of any musical genres that have come from elsewhere that have come to dominate what is popular in your lifetime? What were they, and what form did they take or how did they change to fit the media landscape?
3. After having learned about some of the bands presented here and what their artistic goals were, do any of them remind you of artists that you are familiar with?
4. Do the messages or motivations of any of the groups resonate with you in your own present context? How so?

Further Reading:

Albahari, David. "Novovalna pouka." In Dijaspora i druge stvari, by David Albahari. Novi Sad: Akademska Knjiga, 2008.

Coca-Cola Socialism: The Americanization of Yugoslav Culture in the Sixties, Radina Vučetić, Central European University Press 2018

The Yugoslav Experiment 1948-1974, Dennison Rusinow, University of California Press 1978

Rusinow, Dennison. "Anatomy of a Student Revolt: What Happened When Belgrade's Young Cats Were Put Among the Party Pigeons: pt. 1, A Week in June." Southeast Europe Series 15, no. 4-5 (1968): 1-24.

Mirza Alijagić otkriva kad ponovo "polijeće" Mirzino jato, https://www.klix.ba/magazin/muzika/mirza-alijagic-otkriva-kad-ponovo-polijece-mirzino-jato/191228051

Kanzleiter, Boris. "Yugoslavia: Student Revolt Between East and West." In Between Prague Spring and French May, edited by Martin Klimke, Jacco Pekelder and Joachim Scharloth, 84-100. New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2011.

Ilustrovana ex yu rock enciklopedija 1960-2015 dopunjeno izdanje. Janjatović, Petar, Self-published 2016

Rokenrol u Jugoslaviji 1956-1968. Petar Raković, Arhipelag 2011

Perković, Ante. Sedma republika: Pop kultura u YU-raspadu. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik-Novi Liber, 2011.

About the Author

Matthew Boyd, Ph.D. is a lecturer at Ohio State University. His areas of research include youth culture, popular music, and political activism in the countries located within the territories of the former Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union.

boyd.466@osu.edu

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