Love, music and coronavirus
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Abstract
All responses to an epidemic crisis are political. At the beginning of February 2020, at the heart of the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan, the authoritarian Chinese regime massively broadcast the humanitarian song “Believe Love Will Win”. The stated aim of the song was to emotionally support those engaged in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, presenting them as heroes of the Chinese nation. However, the making and broadcasting of a humanitarian song means that politics has failed. What is the reason for this? Humanitarian songs have an important place in the depoliticization of responses to crises, constructing representations and shaping official narratives. The songs and the discourses that accompany them conceal the historical and geopolitical depth of humanitarian crises by transforming political issues into moral questions.
Date Issued
2020-03-16
Publication Type
Other
Subjects
China
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Music and Emotions
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Music and Politics
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Humanitarian songs
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Music and Propaganda
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Covid-19
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en
Journal
Music, Sound and Conflict
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