The controversies over „big-beat” in the Polish journalism in 1960’s Cover Image

Kontrowersje wokół big-beatu w publicystyce lat 60.
The controversies over „big-beat” in the Polish journalism in 1960’s

Author(s): Grzegorz Dąbkowski
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the articles about rock music written by Polish journalists, music critics, musicologists and musicians in the 1960s. In Poland, rock music was called „bigbeat“ due to the government‘s negative attitude to the Western music. However, the authors of the analysed articles expressed very diverse opinions on the „big-beat“ music. Key words: rock music, Polish journalism, 1960’s

  • Issue Year: 40/2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 56-65
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish