The Paradox of Authenticity : Folklore Performance in Post-Communist Slovakia / Joseph Grim Feinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grim Feinberg, Joseph, author.

Series:

Folklore studies in a multicultural world.

Folklore studies in a multicultural world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore and nationalism--Slovakia.

Folklore and nationalism.

Folklore--Social aspects--Slovakia.

Folklore.

Folklore--Slovakia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]

Summary:

During the Communist reign in Slovakia the state government staged a public performance of stage folklore that was both simplistic and artificial. Recently, as part of a larger movement to retrieve their culture, young Slovakian folklore enthusiasts have attempted to recover an authentic form of rural dance and music, and return their folklore traditions to the Slovakian public by researching, learning, and presenting original, authentic folklore performances. Joseph Feinberg sets out to analyze this contemporary movement with a special focus on its ideology, practices, and performances. But he also tackles a much larger issue. Interpreting the Slovakian movement against a wider background of post-Communist contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, he investigates the issue of authenticity itself, and how a self-identified form of authentic folklore is reconstructed and reenacted.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299316631

0299316637

OCLC:

1042216290