Bugiene The Storytelling Human

Lithuanian Folk Tradition Today
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-425-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten

Reihe: Lithuanian Studies without Borders

This book offers significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition and modernity, individual and collective, the eight separate essays comprising the book present a condensed view of the popular Lithuanian culture and mentality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bugiene, Lina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Ostslawische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsForewordPart One. HISTORY AND TRADITION IN A CHANGING WORLD1. Predominant Modes of Perception and Folk Narrative
Aelita Kensminiene2. Taking Shelter in Memoir Amid the Turmoil of History: Reconstructing Mental Landscapes in Autobiographical Narratives
Radvile Racenaite3. The Dead Want to Come Home: Stories about the Repatriation of Siberian Deportee Remains to Lithuania
Daiva Vaitkeviciene4. Borderland Lives: Historical Reflections in Eastern Lithuanian Life Stories
Lina BugienePart Two. TRADITIONAL FOLKLORE AND MODERNITY5. Life in Folktales or Folktales in Life? How Storytellers Influence Folk Traditions
Jurate Šlekonyte6. The Contemporary Consumer and Creator of Proverbs, or Why Do We Need Proverbs Today?
Dalia Zaikauskiene7. Homo ridens: The Joking Human in Lithuania from the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Centuries
Salomeja Bandoriute8. Between Culture and Subculture: The Case of Lithuania’s Basketball Fans
Povilas KrikšciunasBibliography
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations

Über Autor(innen)

Bugiene Lina:
Lina Bugiene is a researcher in Lithuanian traditional and contemporary folk narratives, oral history, and folk belief. She is the author of over two dozen scholarly articles and co-author of two collective monographs (in Lithuanian) on local identity and folk memory.Lina Bugiene is a researcher in Lithuanian traditional and contemporary folk narratives, oral history, and folk belief. She is the author of over two dozen scholarly articles and co-author of two edited collections (in Lithuanian) on local identity and folk memory.