The studies presented in the collected volume Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies -- edited by Steven Touml;touml;sy de Zepetnek and Louise O. Vasvaacute;ri -- are intended as an addition to scholarship in (comparative) cultural studies. More specifically; the articles represent scholarship about Central and East European culture with special attention to Hungarian culture; literature; cinema; new media; and other areas of cultural expression. On the landscape of scholarship in Central and East Europe (including Hungary); cultural studies has acquired at best spotty interest and studies in the volume aim at forging interest in the field. The volumes articles are in five parts: part one; "History Theory and Methodology of Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies;" include studies on the prehistory of multicultural and multilingual Central Europe; where vernacular literatures were first institutionalized for developing a sense of national identity. Part two; "Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies and Literature and Culture" is about the re-evaluation of canonical works; as well as Jewish studies which has been explored inadequately in Central European scholarship. Part three; "Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies and Other Arts;" includes articles on race; jazz; operetta; and art; fin-de-siegrave;cle architecture; communist-era female fashion; and cinema. In part four; "Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies and Gender;" articles are about aspects of gender and sex(uality) with examples from fin-de-siegrave;cle transvestism; current media depictions of heterodox sexualities; and gendered language in the workplace. The volumes last section; part five; "Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies of Contemporary Hungary;" includes articles about post-1989 issues of race and ethnic relations; citizenship and public life; and new media.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Its not all there....By Sonya GrahamIts written like a history text book. but given that the author is a history professor thats understandable. The older history is interesting for those that really like to study music history from a factual perspective. The newer history only reflects a limited view point with limited experience of actually being there. Given the abundance of modern day Texas musicians. it is understandable that there will be different points of view. but if you are going to call your book The History of Texas Music. you should do more research and interviews with the people that were actually there and lived through it in the 70s. 80s on forward. Overall the book documents a part of Texas music history. from one mans viewpoint. Not really a good fun read. but a nice try in telling the Texas music story. and a nice reference book for early history.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book - and Im not even from TexasBy Far Northgreat book - Texas music is so complex and underrated by us amateur ethnomusicologists when we think of the history of US popular music. Well written. readable. not that "then they played here and then they played there" kind of music book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Texas MusicBy Ronnie G. MasonIt dont get no better than this. Texas Music is diverse and of great interest to me. This book is a treasure trove.
