The village and May Day celebrations in 1970s communist
Czechoslovakia: Social events between a tool of the regime and
a community holiday

J 2022

The village and May Day celebrations in 1970s communist Czechoslovakia: Social events between a tool of the regime and a community holiday

DOUŠEK, Roman

Basic information

Original name

The village and May Day celebrations in 1970s communist Czechoslovakia: Social events between a tool of the regime and a community holiday

Name in Czech

Vesnice a prvomájové oslavy v komunistickém Československu 70. let: Společenské události mezi nástrojem režimu a komunitním svátkem

Authors

DOUŠEK, Roman

Edition

History and Anthropology, ENGLAND, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022, 0275-7206

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50404 Antropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.700

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2022.2132493

UT WoS

000869145600001

Keywords (in Czech)

první máj; kumunitní událost; 70. léta; komunismus; Československo

Keywords in English

May Day; community event; 1970s; communism; Czechoslovakia

Abstract

V originále

This study focuses on May Day celebrations in communist Czechoslovakia in the Žďár nad Sázavou district of today’s Czech Republic. The communist regime used these celebrations to symbolically communicate several ideological and political messages. By examining one of these messages, the importance of the relationship between the countryside and the city, we see how its presentation changed over time. The variability of this message was caused not only by the changes the communist regime and society underwent during the studied period but also by specific local conditions. This paper concentrates on actors from two villages and argues that celebrations of May Day, an ideological-political holiday, could have been appropriated by local inhabitants as a community event that helped express the unity of the rural community. Holding May Day celebrations that served largely as community events in some villages also interrupted the union of the village and the city in socialist society, one of the messages that was supposed to be communicated by May Day celebrations.

Links

GA19-10734S, research and development project

Name: Konstrukty vesnice. Postkoloniální přístup k poznání české společnosti 70. let 20. století.

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

DOUŠEK, Roman. The village and May Day celebrations in 1970s communist Czechoslovakia: Social events between a tool of the regime and a community holiday. History and Anthropology. ENGLAND: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022. ISSN 0275-7206. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2022.2132493.

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DOUŠEK, Roman. The village and May Day celebrations in 1970s communist Czechoslovakia: Social events between a tool of the regime and a community holiday. \textit{History and Anthropology}. ENGLAND: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \&{} FRANCIS LTD, 2022. ISSN~0275-7206. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2022.2132493.

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