This book argues for the importance of popular music in negotiations of national identity, and Germanness in particular. By discussing diverse musical genres an

Culture from the Slums explores the history of punk rock in East and West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. These decades witnessed an explosion of alternativ

Music is used to sell everything from cars to political candidates. How can words and melody so successfully manipulate us? This volume provides answers by exam

Popular music scholars have long been interested in the connection between place and music. This collection brings together a number of key scholars in order to

German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix approaches German television crime dramas to uncover the intersections between the genre's media-specific