deconstruction

The paper makes an inquiry into the structural characteristics of the mainly internet based musical genre of sovietwave. The aim is to simultaneously observe certain features of the cultural context of its actualization and to problematize some contextual codes thought of as self-evident throughout its reception.

The paper undertakes an inquiry in the genre studies of the Western. Interpreting the heterogeneous reiterations of its generic components, it aims at deconstructing the imaginary geography underlying the genre’s name.