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Folklor i povijesni proces (Osvrt na objavljene radove simpozija)
Folklore and Historical Process

Author(s): Davor Dukić
Subject(s): Politics, Customs / Folklore, Review, Politics and society, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Conference Report
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: folklore; historical process; symposium; relationship between history and folkloristics; ideology and politics;

Summary/Abstract: At the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, the Institute of Folklore Research in Zagreb organized a symposium »Folklore and the Historical Process«. Proceedings were published in Narodna umjetnost no. 26 (Zagreb 1989) and in the publication Folklore and the Historical Process. This article is a review of these publications, attempting to elaborate on the most important problems or the issues common to most contributions. These include: the relationship between history and folkloristics, the historiographic presentation of folklore, the influence of ideology and politics on the perceptions of folklore and the changes in folklore due to the changes in its social context.

  • Issue Year: 19/1989
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 71-83
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Croatian