Original title: Politically Committed Songs: A Distinctive Product of the Czech Folk Revival Movement of the 1950s
Authors: Uhlíková, Lucie
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Folklore revival movement of the second half of the 20th century in shifting cultural, social and political contexts, Praha (CZ), 20171018
Year: 2018
Language: eng
Abstract: The beginning of Communist totalitarian era in then Czechoslovakia brought with it political declarations of a new historical epoch and a new worldview, one whose rise was to be facilitated, among other ways, by a retooling of culture. Folklore was misused more than other areas because the folk revival movement was transformed into a strong propaganda tool. ‘New folk art’ in the spirit of socialist realism demanded new songs that would reline traditional forms with contemporary content, oftentimes with political or propaganda undertones. As is clear in contemporaneous folklore research, these propaganda ‘folksongs’ were composed primarily by members of politically active folk ensembles. Despite this, these were creative individuals closely tied to the live tradition, and their composition took place within that framework.
Keywords: communist ideology; folklore revival movement in the Czech Lands; political song; propaganda folk songs; totalitarianism
Project no.: GA17-26672S (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950: Shifting Contexts and Perspectives, ISBN 978-80-88081-22-7
Note: Související webová stránka: http://www.eu.avcr.cz/cs/aktuality/Folklore-Revival-Movements-in-Europe-post-1950.-Shifting-Contexts-and-Perspectives./

Institution: Institute of Ethnology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304955

Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409349


The record appears in these collections:
Research > Institutes ASCR > Institute of Ethnology
Conference materials > Papers