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This book explores the consequences of the latest political shifts
in Central Eastern Europe: the rise of right-wing parties and,
among other things, politics becoming more invested in history.
These phenomena coincide and overlap with the democratisation of
history by turning the past into a hot topic, persistently present
in the public sphere and often evoking strong emotions.
Ethnographic research (conducted in 2012-2016) focusing on how
World War II reenactors experience the past serves as the basis to
analyse the ways in which the group uses the widespread, often
institutionalised interest in history to - on the one hand - become
involved in debates on World War II and the remembrance thereof,
and - on the other - to authentically experience this past. The
volume therefore analyses how physical the process of creating and
experiencing grassroots visions of the past is, and how these
visions interact with the public discourse about the past.
Reenactors' ability to marry the often-contradictory orders of
historical truth, authenticity, and representation is explored.
Moreover, Baraniecka-Olszewska analyses how the reenactors overcome
various obstacles on their way towards authentic experiences,
performing history through their bodies.
The book is an anthropological study of a phenomenon observed
within the range of contemporary Polish Catholic religiosity. The
Crucified focuses on two fundamental issues: passion plays and
performance theory. It presents an analysis of material collected
during five years of field research, which sheds light on the
varied world of religious performances. The phenomenon of passion
plays is extremely complex and to some extent heterogeneous, hence
its in-depth analysis reveals much not only about its own nature,
but also about the entire modern religiosity. As a result, the book
is constructed in such a way as to focus on a single phenomenon,
but with conclusions extending to a much wider range of
contemporary religious practices. The book reveals the need for
self-expression of one's own attitudes observable in contemporary
spirituality, as well as the increasing participation of believers
in the development of their religious life and thus in the
formation of their own religious identity. All these processes are
interpreted in terms of performance theory. Applying this approach
makes it possible to capture the believers' need for activity and
creativity in the field of practices alternative to the liturgy.
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