Paradox of Authenticity

Paradox of Authenticity

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Feinberg, Joseph
University of Wisconsin Press
EAN: 9780299316600
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Observing the activities of urban folk dance enthusiasts in Slovakia, Joseph Grim Feinberg sets out to scrutinize the processes by which ""authentic folklore"" is identified, talked about, represented, reconstructed, reenacted, and revived.

In Slovakia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe after World War II, Communist governments promoted folklore revivals and staged performances of song and dance as representations of ""the people."" When the Communists fell from power in Slovakia in 1989, folklore was also discredited in the eyes of many. By the early twenty-first century, however, a new generation launched a movement to revive folklore's reputation and reintroduce it to a broad public.

Weaving together personal narrative, ethnographic analysis, and philosophical reflection, Feinberg examines the aspirations and difficulties of young folk dance devotees as they recognize that authenticity is more easily prized than achieved. He sheds new light on the problems of specialized performance and broad participation, the uneasy relationship between folklore and the public sphere, and the paradoxical pursuit of authenticity in the modern world.
EAN 9780299316600
ISBN 0299316602
Binding Hardback
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date July 30, 2018
Pages 184
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152 x 9
Country United States
Authors Feinberg, Joseph
Illustrations 25 black & white illustrations
Series Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
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