Popular Traditions, Folklore and Politics

• Authors: Olga Danglová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article studies how the "language" of folk traditions and folklore continues to be a tried-and-tested means for the representation and propagation of political concepts and ideas. The author notes transformations in the significance of folklore and folk traditions in historically changing both political and socio-cultural contexts. Attention is drawn to the significance of folklore in the nation-forming thinking of the 19th century, the place of honour accorded to it as an expression of the working people during the period of socialism, and its contradictory perception in the post-socialist context today.

Keywords

EN

traditions; folklore; politics; social representation; social transformation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 329-340

Dates

published

2009-12-01

online

2009-12-23

Contributors

author

Olga Danglová

• Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0047-3