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Original title:
Recollecting versus Remembering : On the Era of the New Folk Songs in Czechoslovakia during the Totalitarian Regime
Authors:
Uhlíková, Lucie Document type: Papers Conference/Event: Od folkloru k world music : O paměti, Náměšť nad Oslavou (CZ), 20180731
Year:
2018
Language:
eng Abstract:
The paper explores memory in connection with the new folk songs which originated in totalitarian Czechoslovakia within the folk movement. These songs were written in the spirit of folk tradition, but they had topical content, which often showed political motive and propagandist intent.
Keywords:
culture politics; folk song; folklorism; the misuse of cultural heritage; totalitarianism Project no.: GA17-26672S (CEP) Funding provider: GA ČR Host item entry: Od folkloru k world music : o paměti, ISBN 978-80-907033-1-5