FOLKLORISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Contribution towards the use of a multidisciplinary approach in the analysis of folk culture) Cover Image

ФОЛКЛОРИСТИКАТА И КУЛТУРОЛОШКИТЕ СТУДИИ (Прилог кон користењето мултидисциплинарен пристап во анализата на народната култура)
FOLKLORISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Contribution towards the use of a multidisciplinary approach in the analysis of folk culture)

Author(s): Ana Martinoska
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: folkloristics; cultural studies; interfaces; folk culture; multidisciplinary approach.

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to examine the relationship between folkloristics and cultural studies as two distinct but complementary areas of cultural research - folk and popular. The key question in the text is whether and what can actually be changed in folkloristic research influenced by cultural studies? Or put differently, what is the benefit to folkloristics from its contact with cultural studies and vice versa? Using the findings from both disciplines, we would like to offer some arguments in favor of using a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of culture that is being created today. This approach shows that folk and popular culture are not in opposition to each other, but on the contrary, we can refer to their common interfaces, their relation to the dominant culture and other issues. At the same time, inspired by the American folklorist Erwin Beck, particularly address the issues of cultural spheres, genres, resistance and creativity, and the relationship of community and tradition.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 75
  • Page Range: 127-137
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Macedonian