The process of modernization and its impact concerning traditional culture in the first half of XX-th century, in Basarabia Cover Image

Impactul procesului de modernizare asupra culturii tradiționale din Basarabia în prima jumătate a sec. XX
The process of modernization and its impact concerning traditional culture in the first half of XX-th century, in Basarabia

Author(s): Elena Reșetnic
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Muzeul Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală
Keywords: traditional culture;modernization;agricultural inventory;răzeşi;mazili;peasants; furniture;dwelling;carpets;clothing;musical repertoire;

Summary/Abstract: The article depicts what are the main causes and effect that the modernization process had upon traditional culture in Basarabia. With the mechanization of the agricultural inventory, there seems to be a change in the system of values of the peasant. Because his basic occupation was agriculture, the modernization of the working tools had a big impact. First of all, having more sparing time and more finances, people will value more their comfort to the detriment of the traditional methods of working. Thus, country households suffered many changes regarding furniture, interior design, clothing, musical repertoire, etc. This is society’s natural evolution, but they still lost a lot regarding what we nowadays call tradition and traditional.

  • Issue Year: 31/2019
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 128-136
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian