Romanian Folk-culture
Author : Nicolae Constantinescu
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Author : Nicolae Constantinescu
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Author : Nicolae Constantinescu
Publisher :
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 9789735968793
Author : Debbie Stowe
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 178702976X
A land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. It is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes; whose people welcome guests warmly into their homes, sharing the best of whatever they have, and party into the night, suffused by Latin joie de vivre. Buffeted over time between three great powers—the West, Russia, and Turkey—Romania betrays the cultural influences of each, and it can be a difficult place to get a handle on. Culture Smart! Romania provides an indispensable tool for the foreign visitor, digging deep behind the clichés, explaining many of the behavioral quirks of the people, smoothing your path toward better understanding, and outlining the many attractions—cultural, social, and geographical—that await you in this underexplored part of Europe.
Author : Karsten D. McNulty
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Folk art
ISBN : 9780967089904
Romanian crafts are celebrated around the world: fine textiles, carved wooden furniture, ceramics, hammered copper utensils, painted eggs, delicate glasswork, hand-worked leather -- these are among the items traditional Romanian craftsmen have brought to an amazing level of artistry. A directory is included providing a list of the best Romanian artisans, museums, and craft destinations; recommendations on hotel accommodations and restaurants for the traveler; and detailed information for collectors about buying and exporting Romanian crafts.
Author : Edith Balas
Publisher : Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9780887484599
An examination on the artist Brancusi and Romanian Folk Traditions by art historian Edith Balas.
Author : Margaret Beissinger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1442267089
This edited volume examines manele (sing. manea), an urban Romanian song-dance ethnopop genre that combines local traditional and popular music with Balkan and Middle Eastern elements. The genre is performed primarily by male Romani musicians at weddings and clubs and appeals especially to Romanian and Romani youth. It became immensely popular after the collapse of communism, representing for many the newly liberated social conditions of the post-1989 world. But manele have also engendered much controversy among the educated and professional elite, who view the genre as vulgar and even “alien” to the Romanian national character. The essays collected here examine the “manea phenomenon” as a vibrant form of cultural expression that engages in several levels of social meaning, all informed by historical conditions, politics, aesthetics, tradition, ethnicity, gender, class, and geography.
Author : Claudia Costin
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1527514730
This volume explores a selection of significant and topical elements from the vast amount of Romanian folkloric and mythological material. It sheds light on the mythical-ritualistic aspects of three complex calendar holydays (specifically The Lads of Brașov, Călușarii, and Sânzienele), whose ritualistic sequences, laden with mythical-symbolical reminiscences, were lost during the Communist period and are known today thanks to their spectacular features. Such aspects include demonic mythical beings (such as Iele, Rusalii, Știma Apei, The Woodwoman, and Strigoi) that define the collective imaginary; significant myths that have found their artistic expression in fairytales and legends; and the role of women in traditional Romanian society.
Author : Lucian Boia
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789639116979
Based on the idea that there is a considerable difference between reality and discourse, the author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythicized from the perspectives of the present day, present states of mind and ideologies. He closely examines historical culture and conscience in nineteenth and twentieth century Romania, particularly concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Boia's innovative analysis identifies several key mythical configurations and shows how Romanians have reconstituted their own highly ideologized history over the last two centuries. The strength of History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness lies in the author's ability to fully deconstruct the entire Romanian historiographic system and demonstrate the increasing acuteness of national problems in general, and in particular the exploitation of history to support national ideology.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : David Berry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351882465
This compelling book assesses the development of the mass media since the Romanian Revolution in December 1989 and the media's impact on cultural development, the public sphere, civil society and democracy. It controversially claims that Romania's failure to experience a thoroughgoing enlightenment project in its entire history remains a major obstacle for producing democratic ownership of the media and democratic development of society. Analyzing both the print and broadcast media and their respective effects on development, the book also discusses the effects of Romanian law on media and societal development, ethics, and media responsibilities. It concludes, however, that far from having an absolutely negative impact on Romanian post-communism, the media has helped produce a contradictory empirical form that equally contains positive moments in terms of subjective cultural development.