Homeland 2.0: the Motif of Fictional Worlds in Post-Soviet Popular Music
The article focuses on pop and rock songs of the last three decades, mediated by the concept of the homeland. The conceptual changes that took place in the song-patriotic discourse after the collapse of the USSR are indicated. One of the scenarios for replacing previously monolithic concept of the homeland is analyzed. This scenario is associated with inventing fantasy places (countries and cities), which are implied by lyrical heroes truly own and native. As the research material are the songs performed by the groups Aquarium, Bravo, Leningrad, VIA Pesnyary, as well as singers Janna Aguzarova, Natasha Koroleva, Alena Sviridova, Igor Korneliuk