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Punk Shamanism, revolt and break-up of traditional linkage : The waves of cultural production in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Kudaibergenova, Diana LU (2018) In European Journal of Cultural Studies 21(4). p.435-451
Abstract
This article analyses new waves of cultural production in the late Soviet and post-Soviet period. It focuses on contemporary artists’ self-perception and self-positioning in the new realities of the postsocialist cultural realm and national awakening discourses. Independent contemporary artists of the post-Soviet period form new artistic movements, such as Punk Shamanism in Kazakhstan, to produce alternative truth and authentic discourses on nation and its history. This production is juxtaposed to the production of state-sponsored artists and writers. The article focuses on this struggle for defining the nation and claiming power in the discursive realm. It contributes to further conceptualization of the power of contemporary artists and... (More)
This article analyses new waves of cultural production in the late Soviet and post-Soviet period. It focuses on contemporary artists’ self-perception and self-positioning in the new realities of the postsocialist cultural realm and national awakening discourses. Independent contemporary artists of the post-Soviet period form new artistic movements, such as Punk Shamanism in Kazakhstan, to produce alternative truth and authentic discourses on nation and its history. This production is juxtaposed to the production of state-sponsored artists and writers. The article focuses on this struggle for defining the nation and claiming power in the discursive realm. It contributes to further conceptualization of the power of contemporary artists and non-state-sponsored cultural elites to participate in the processes of alternative and powerful discourses on nation and national imagination that become successful domestically and abroad. Through the discussion and production of Punk Shamanism – a new wave of cultural production identified with the search for lost memory and cultural codes, the article demonstrates how this cultural struggle developed in post-1991 Kazakhstan. (Less)
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European Journal of Cultural Studies
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21
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4
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435 - 451
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SAGE Publications
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1367-5494
DOI
10.1177/1367549416682962
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English
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Cultural Studies}},
  title        = {{Punk Shamanism, revolt and break-up of traditional linkage : The waves of cultural production in post-Soviet Kazakhstan}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549416682962}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/1367549416682962}},
  volume       = {{21}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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