%0 Journal Article
%T Musical identity and social change: Articulating the national and the translocal in Hungary¡¯s indie music scene
%A R Em¨ªlia Barna
%J United Academics Journal of Social Sciences
%D 2012
%I 
%X This paper explores some ways in which identity is expressed through rock music and the discourse about rock music through a case study of Hungary¡¯s ¡®indie¡¯ scene. I attempt to identify, firstly, the relevant points of social-cultural reference along which ¡®indie¡¯ bands in Hungary define and position themselves; and secondly, what the genre label ¡®indie¡¯ signifies in relation to other labels such as ¡®alternative¡¯ and ¡®underground¡¯ in the Hungarian popular music world of the first decade of the twenty-first century. These questions are examined through a qualitative analysis of the presentation and self-presentation of indie bands and musicians in the media, in particular online platforms. Out of the significant choices and strategies, two issues are discussed in detail here: firstly, the language of the lyrics, and secondly, the use of genre labels. The analysis indicates that it is possible to identify ¡®indie¡¯ and ¡®alternative¡¯ within a framework of Bourdieu¡¯s concepts of the ¡®autonomous¡¯ and ¡®heteronomous principle,¡¯ the notions of originality and authenticity, the relationship to the ¡®pop¡¯ label and discourse, and the (inter)national as referential point.
%K Indie
%K Alternative Music
%K Music Discourse
%K Genre
%K Identity
%K Music Network
%K Post-Socialism
%U http://www.united-academics.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Article-Four_Emilia-Barna_Hungary-Indie-scene.pdf