Student Fashion Shows at the ERKI (State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR) as a Carnivalesque Phenomenon in Soviet Estonia
Student Fashion Shows at the ERKI (State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR) as a Carnivalesque Phenomenon in Soviet Estonia
Author(s): Laura Paju, Ester VõsuSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR; fashion; soviet culture; carnivalesque culture; Mikhail Bakhtin
Summary/Abstract: The present paper analyses carnivalesque aspects (in the Mikhail Bakhtinian sense) of the popular student fashion shows in the ERKI (Eesti NSV Riiklik Kunstiinstituut – State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR), which took place from 1982 to 1985. The paper focuses particularly on ambivalent laughter, the grotesque and symbolic transgression.
Journal: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi
- Issue Year: 17/2008
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 31-56
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
