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Folklore as a Visual Medium of Socialism and National Identity : The Case of Lithuanian SSR

Rudling, Odeta LU (2018) p.189-211
Abstract
This article examines the establishment of national folklore groups within the framework of Soviet nationalities policy and the creation of a local mass culture. The author discusses Lithuania in order to illustrate the Soviet Union's hybrid methods of constructing folklore that created two different aesthetic approaches to folk music. Alongside the model of officially sanctioned folklore shows from the Stalin period, in the 1970s an academic and intellectual movement emerged that sought to bring to the stage an "authentic" folklore inspired by the village.
Abstract (Swedish)
Abstract in German
Dieser Beitrag schildert die Ausformung nationaler Folklore-Gruppen im Rahmen sowjetischer Nationalitätenpolitik einerseits und der Erschaffung einer lokalen Massenkultur andererseits. Am Beispiel Litauens zeigt die Verfasserin zwei unterschiedliche ästhetische Entwürfe der Volksmusik. Neben dem in der Stalin-Ära herausgebildeten Modell sanktionierter Folklore-Shows bildete sich in den 1970er Jahren eine akademisch und intellektuell angetriebene Bewegung, die eine vom Dorf inspirierte, vermeintlich authentische Folklore auf die Bühne brachte.
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Ästhetiken des Sozialismus : Populäre Bildmedien im späten - Populäre Bildmedien im späten
editor
Köhring, Alexandra and Rüthers, Monica
pages
22 pages
publisher
Böhlau
ISBN
978-3-412-50574-5
978-3-412-51009-1
DOI
10.7788/9783412510091.189
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English
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no
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4207e121-3502-4e11-b0a2-013495c6f792
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  author       = {{Rudling, Odeta}},
  booktitle    = {{Ästhetiken des Sozialismus : Populäre Bildmedien im späten}},
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  title        = {{Folklore as a Visual Medium of Socialism and National Identity : The Case of Lithuanian SSR}},
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  year         = {{2018}},
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