The Possibility of Social Change and Pop Music in Serbia: Šobaja’s Three Kisses – A Case Study Cover Image

Mogućnost društvene promene i popularna muzika u Srbiji: Studija slučaja - Šobaja i "Tri poljupca"
The Possibility of Social Change and Pop Music in Serbia: Šobaja’s Three Kisses – A Case Study

Author(s): Aleksandar Brkić
Subject(s): Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: pop culture; social change; Rambo Amadeus; Purašević; Šobaja; Three Kisses;

Summary/Abstract: Can social change be brought about only in a radical manner? Is a radical manner of bringing about change possible at all? When we say social change, do we mean "revolution"? Is there a different way of looking at social change, and what is the role of elite culture and that of popular culture in these processes? Has the temporally and contextually limited effect of change and guerilla subversion through popular culture proved more effective? This small-scale study aims to raise the question of whether pop music can contribute to positive changes in society, and examines the conditions for this possibility through the case study of Nebojša "Šobaja" An#elkovi!’s song Three Kisses, declared the biggest music hit of 2009 in Serbia.

  • Issue Year: 6/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 443-455
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian
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