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Urban cultural alternatives

Author(s): Delia Muntean
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Romanian Literature
Published by: ArtPoligraf SRL
Keywords: cultural identity;postmodernism;kitsch;subculture;counterculture;multiculturalism;

Summary/Abstract: Excerpted – with some amendments – from a much wider study, this passage was published in the volume The Decalogue of my time (Cluj-Napoca: Mega Publishing House, 2019) and was aimed at the metamorphosis of both cultural identity as well as the artistic product starting with the second half of the past century. The considerations predominantly refer to the urban space, but they can be extended to other environments as well. Some of the most diverse manifestations of culture and civilization are displayed in order to support the expressed notions, which, bearing the postmodernist imprints, renew the very existence of the stronghold and stimulate the interhuman connections, allowing at the same time – through the affluence of alternatives - the multiplication of beneficiary categories of the cultural product. Aspects such as manipulation of the aesthetic taste and the kitsch metastasis are not overlooked.

  • Issue Year: III/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 106-113
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian