Red Stars Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955-1991

David MacFadyen delves into influential and widely disseminated songs that had a profound social significance in the Soviet Union. He discusses each singer=s life, showing what it was that made them famous while placing the differences in their careers and fame in the context of Soviet culture as a whole.; MacFadyen=s multi-layered study considers national identity, gender, and the development of individual celebrity in a socialist state. He also looks at whether it is possible for artists to achieve genuine self-expression in a public arena under continuous political scrutiny. Both bold and penetrating, MacFadyen reveals a part of the Soviet Union that, while touching millions of people, has remained almost completely unexaminedMacFadyen, David is the author of 'Red Stars Personality and the Soviet Popular Song, 1955-1991' with ISBN 9780773521063 and ISBN 0773521062.