Anna Szemere has taught courses on the sociology of popular culture at the University of California, San Diego, USA, Emory University, USA, and the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She is the author of Up From the Underground: The Culture of Rock Music in Postsocialist Hungary (2001). She has served on the International Association for the Study of Popular Music as well as on Popular Music’s editorial board; currently she is a consultant for Bloomsbury’s Popular Music and Sound Studies.András Rónai has a PhD in Philosophy from University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is a music journalist extensively covering Hungarian popular music and the music industry, among other topics. His English language articles have been published in volumes like Made in Hungary: Studies in Popular Music (2017) and Popular Music, Technology, and the Changing Media Ecosystem (2020).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Playing Music, Playing with Music: Bea Palya and Samu Gryllu's Musical Partnerships2. Memory Work with Souvenirs, Bronzes, and Tunes of State Socialism3. "Play it One More Time, Play it All Night Long": Recycling, Re-working, and Reflecting in Popular Music Discourse4. Start Making a New Sense5. "A Babe in Toyland" or Pop-cultural Feminism in Bea Palya's Music and Early Career (2005-2014)6. In the Aftermath of "I'll Be Your Plaything": A Woman Writing her SelfReferencesTrack Listing of "I'll Be Your Plaything"DiscographyIndex

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Anna Szemere has taught courses on the sociology of popular culture at the University of California, San Diego, USA, Emory University, USA, and the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She is the author of Up From the Underground: The Culture of Rock Music in Postsocialist Hungary (2001). She has served on the International Association for the Study of Popular Music as well as on Popular Music’s editorial board; currently she is a consultant for Bloomsbury’s Popular Music and Sound Studies.András Rónai has a PhD in Philosophy from University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is a music journalist extensively covering Hungarian popular music and the music industry, among other topics. His English language articles have been published in volumes like Made in Hungary: Studies in Popular Music (2017) and Popular Music, Technology, and the Changing Media Ecosystem (2020).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Playing Music, Playing with Music: Bea Palya and Samu Gryllu's Musical Partnerships2. Memory Work with Souvenirs, Bronzes, and Tunes of State Socialism3. "Play it One More Time, Play it All Night Long": Recycling, Re-working, and Reflecting in Popular Music Discourse4. Start Making a New Sense5. "A Babe in Toyland" or Pop-cultural Feminism in Bea Palya's Music and Early Career (2005-2014)6. In the Aftermath of "I'll Be Your Plaything": A Woman Writing her SelfReferencesTrack Listing of "I'll Be Your Plaything"DiscographyIndex

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Anna Szemere has taught courses on the sociology of popular culture at the University of California, San Diego, USA, Emory University, USA, and the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She is the author of Up From the Underground: The Culture of Rock Music in Postsocialist Hungary (2001). She has served on the International Association for the Study of Popular Music as well as on Popular Music’s editorial board; currently she is a consultant for Bloomsbury’s Popular Music and Sound Studies.András Rónai has a PhD in Philosophy from University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is a music journalist extensively covering Hungarian popular music and the music industry, among other topics. His English language articles have been published in volumes like Made in Hungary: Studies in Popular Music (2017) and Popular Music, Technology, and the Changing Media Ecosystem (2020).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Playing Music, Playing with Music: Bea Palya and Samu Gryllu's Musical Partnerships2. Memory Work with Souvenirs, Bronzes, and Tunes of State Socialism3. "Play it One More Time, Play it All Night Long": Recycling, Re-working, and Reflecting in Popular Music Discourse4. Start Making a New Sense5. "A Babe in Toyland" or Pop-cultural Feminism in Bea Palya's Music and Early Career (2005-2014)6. In the Aftermath of "I'll Be Your Plaything": A Woman Writing her SelfReferencesTrack Listing of "I'll Be Your Plaything"DiscographyIndex

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