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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16699)	6/22/2000 9:42:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 17770

Yugoslavs are exposed to a volatile mix of pop culture, nationalism, and deliberate sensory overload - Balkan Hardcore. The Western media likes to perpetuate a certain stereotypical view of Serbia which holds that its population is stuck in an archetypal Balkan / Slavic informational dark age. This assumption is based on a type of denial that tries to maintain a polarised image of a Balkan "other," the behaviour of which is inexplicable and at odds with contemporary norms. This explains the Western reaction to the use of rock and other popular performers to rally anti-NATO sentiment during the war. Western observers reacted as if there were some deception, saying that "they" could not really be using Western forms for their Balkan ambitions. In reality, independent and semi-independent media in Yugoslavia do not compete with an "old school" state media, but with state and populist private media which are hardly averse to bombarding the population with Western music, film and television. Far from being "starved" of Western cultural forms, as Western stereotypes suggest, Yugoslavs have been intensively subjected to a highly volatile combination of nationalist propaganda, pop culture and deliberate sensory overload, a mixture that can be called "Balkan Hardcore." ce-review.org I must suffer from American Hardcore. After a re-read of the article on the Spain-Yugoslavia match, I realized the author had tongue firmly planted in cheek. Loved the comment about Norway. LOL!