Greek Rebetiko from a Psychocultural Perspective: Same Songs Changing Minds - Paperback

by Daniel Koglin (Author)

This study examines the ways in which audiences in present-day Greece and Turkey perceive and use the Greek popular song genre rebetiko to cultivate cultural habits and identities. Rebetiko has been associated chiefly with the lower strata of Greek society, but Daniel Koglin explores aspects of rebetiko which intellectual elites on both sides of th

Author Biography

Daniel Koglin teaches music theory and flute instruments at a music school for Byzantine and traditional Greek music in Athens. He has authored Gelebtes Spiel - gespieltes Leben (2002) and several journal and book articles on Greek music. He holds a PhD degree in musicology from Humboldt University of Berlin.