STORIES ABOUT SOCIALIST CULTURE AS TOLD BY ‘ESTRADA MUSICIANS’ IN BULGARIA: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST FROM 1990-1992 AND 2010-2018
STORIES ABOUT SOCIALIST CULTURE AS TOLD BY ‘ESTRADA MUSICIANS’ IN BULGARIA: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST FROM 1990-1992 AND 2010-2018
Author(s): Zhana PopovaSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Music, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: estrada musicians; socialism; everyday life; media culture
Summary/Abstract: The text presents the results of a study of stories about everyday life during the last years of the socialist past (1983–1989) by representatives of a specific professional group – ‘Estrada musicians’. The main goal is to highlight the differences in the two regimes of history in the memories of the socialist popular culture. The first regime of remembrance (1990-1992) is a time of the emotionally charged anti-communist speech in the media like the Democracy newspaper, and vice versa – a strong defense of socialist values in the Duma newspaper. The second regime of remembrance is after 2010, when “nostalgia for socialism” stands out as one of the dominant emotions.
Journal: FACTA UNIVERSITATIS - Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology and History
- Issue Year: 19/2020
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 141-152
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English