Performing Russia

Folk Revival and Russian Identity

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Folk & Traditional, History, Eastern Europe, Asian, Russia
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Author: Laura Olson ISBN: 9781134341078
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: July 31, 2004
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Laura Olson
ISBN: 9781134341078
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: July 31, 2004
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and tradition, in these particular forms, have taken on particular significance in different periods. Above all it shows how folk "tradition" in Russia is an artificial cultural construct, which is periodically reinvented, and it demonstrates in particular how the "folk revival" has played a key role in strengthening Russian national consciousness in the post-Soviet period.

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This book examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and tradition, in these particular forms, have taken on particular significance in different periods. Above all it shows how folk "tradition" in Russia is an artificial cultural construct, which is periodically reinvented, and it demonstrates in particular how the "folk revival" has played a key role in strengthening Russian national consciousness in the post-Soviet period.

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