A New Singer-Songwriter: The Songs and Activity of Tomáš Hnídek in Czech Extreme Right-Wing Discourse Cover Image

Nowy bard. Twórczość i działania Tomáša Hnídka w dyskursie czeskiej skrajnej prawicy
A New Singer-Songwriter: The Songs and Activity of Tomáš Hnídek in Czech Extreme Right-Wing Discourse

Author(s): Tatiana Witkowska
Subject(s): Music, Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Art, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Tomáš Hnídek; Ortel rock band; Karel Kryl; singer-songwriter; nationalism; extreme right wing; creation; image;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present the songs and activity of Tomáš Hnídek and their reception among extreme right-wing sympathisers in the Czech Republic over the last decade. The study analyses the use of selected elements of collective imagery related to the singer-songwriter convention, with particular reference to the figure of Karel Kryl. It also draws attention to persuasive techniques of creating an image and to their influence on the reception of the singer-songwriter genre in the context of hate speech and struggle over a new politics of memory in the Czech Republic, pursued by extreme right-wing politicians and their followers.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 1-22
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish