Oslavy "Prvního máje" v roce 1948  : interpretativní analýza

• Authors: Lukáš Kubina

Title variants

EN

"May Day" celebrations in 1948 : interpretative Analysis

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study presents an interpretative analysis of the theatrical aspects of the First May celebrations in the Czechoslovakia in 1948, mass event with crucial importance for the Communist regime, which was then only taking over political power in the country. First step of the analysis is an historical overview of the First may celebrations in the world, followed by a description and characterization of the particular elements of the event using poetic tools borrowed from sociology and sociocultural anthropology, especially the methodology of Jeffrey Alexander. The aim of the analysis is to prove the (un)successfulness of the cultural performance, as far as the interests of the Communist regime are concerned.

Keywords

CS

1. máj; 1. květen; komunistické slavnosti; teatralita; divadelnost; 1948; stalinismus; Československo; socialismus; totalita; kulturní performance; rituál; svátek; dělnické svátky

EN

First May; Communist celebrations; theatricality; 1948; Stalinism; the Czechoslovakia; Socialism; totalitarianism; cultural performance; ritual; feast; celebrations of the labour movement

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
• Journal: Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 90-116
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lukáš Kubina

• Theatralia, redakce, Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra divadelních studií, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic