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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136276| Title: | Songwashing and cultural boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest : a soft power/disempowerment analysis of Israel’s entry to Eurovision 2024 during the Israel-Hamas war |
| Authors: | Kosciejew, Marc |
| Keywords: | Popular music -- Political aspects -- Europe Eurovision Song Contest (68th : 2024 : Malmö, Sweden) Israel-Hamas War, 2023- -- Foreign public opinion Soft power (Political science) Boycotts -- Political aspects Music in propaganda |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Citation: | Kosciejew, M. (2025). Songwashing and Cultural Boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest: A Soft Power/Disempowerment Analysis of Israel’s Entry to Eurovision 2024 during the Israel-Hamas War. Popular Music and Society, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2025.2485784 |
| Abstract: | When the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 premiered on 7 May 2024, the Israel-Hamas war had been unfurling for precisely seven months. Protests against Israel’s entry plagued Eurovision with calls to ban Israel and boycott the event. Israel’s song choice was further condemned as political, resulting in the Israeli state engaging in songwashing to remain in competition. This article outlines the concept/practice of songwashing and explores how it became part of Israel’s soft power strategy to appease Eurovision. How this soft power strategy was used against Israel by its opponents, thereby transforming songwashing into soft disempowerment, is also examined. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136276 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacMKSLIAS |
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