Figuracja disco polo: ilustracja muzyczna polskiej transformacji

• Authors: Marcin Choczyński

Title variants

EN

The Figuration of Disco Polo: A Musical Illustration of Poland’s Transformation

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This article attempts a sociological analysis of a specific musical trend – disco polo – through the prism of the figuration theory proposed by Norbert Elias. Street music of the 1990s was an extremely accurate musical illustration of the period of systemic transformations in Poland, because disco polo’s characteristic elements (e.g., kitsch, impermanence, and banality, as well as optimism, a sense of community, and freshness) were combined with social feelings and attitudes toward the rapidly changing reality. Disco polo documented the social life of the time, as is visible in its symbolic layer as well as in its purely musical arrangement: it was the hallmark of a generation.

Keywords

PL

disco polo; muzyka chodnikowa; polska transformacja; figuracje społeczne; socjologia muzyki; Norbert Elias

EN

disco polo; street music; Poland's transformation; social figuration; sociology of music; Norbert Elias

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 74-96

Dates

published

2020-12-29

Contributors

author

Marcin Choczyński

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

Identifiers

DOI

10.35757/KiS.2020.64.4.3