Theatrical Aspects of the Czechoslovak May Day Celebration in
1948

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Theatrical Aspects of the Czechoslovak May Day Celebration in 1948

KUBINA, Lukáš

Basic information

Original name

Theatrical Aspects of the Czechoslovak May Day Celebration in 1948

Authors

KUBINA, Lukáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Brno, Current Challenges in Doctoral Theatre Research, p. 132-138, 7 pp. 2017

Publisher

Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60403 Performing arts studies

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00102872

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-80-7460-116-3

Keywords in English

cultural performance; theatricality; performativity; May Day; communist celebrations

Abstract

V originále

Research into public cultural performances may help us perceive theatre and theatrical aspects in a wider socio-political context. Communist celebrations in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s – namely the 1st of May – may serve as a proper example to show one of the specific methodological approaches in theatre research. The author focuses on the individual theatrical aspects of these cultural performances while using interdisciplinary methods: sociology and social anthropology (mainly tools introduced by Jeffrey Alexander). The festivities in question were of high importance after 1948 and helped to strengthen the power of the state as well as the legitimacy of the totalitarian regime. Boris Groys perceives the period of Stalinism in the USSR as a synthetic work of art; the first period of Communist Party rule in Czechoslovakia after 1948 can be also viewed as such.

Links

MUNI/A/1049/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Metodologické otázky teatrologického výzkumu (Acronym: MEDDIV)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

KUBINA, Lukáš. Theatrical Aspects of the Czechoslovak May Day Celebration in 1948. In Kunderová, Radka. Current Challenges in Doctoral Theatre Research. Brno: Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, 2017, p. 132-138. ISBN 978-80-7460-116-3.

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