Genre in Berggol′ts’s writing of the 1950s

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Verse Drama ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Narrative Poem

This chapter looks at the writer's responses to her cultural context on the level of genre, examining her work in narrative verse, verse drama and autobiographical prose. It examines the following works: the 1950 narrative poem ‘Pervorossiisk’, the 1954 verse drama Vernos ť (‘Loyalty’), and the autobiographical prose account Dnevnye zvezdy (‘Daytime stars’), which appeared between 1954 and 1959.

Cristóbal Balenciaga. Explorations in Traditional Spanish Aesthetics

Costume ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
Ana Balda Arana
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Religious Iconography

This article investigates how the traditional attire and religious iconography of Cristóbal Balenciaga's (1895–1972) country of origin inspired his designs. The arguments presented here build on what has already been established on the subject, provide new data regarding the cultural context that informed the couturier's creative process (with which the Anglo-Saxon world is less familiar) and conclude by investigating the reasons and timing of his exploration of these fields. They suggest why this Spanish influence is present in his innovations in the 1950s and 1960s and go beyond clichéd interpretations of the ruffles of flamenco dress and bullfighters’ jackets. The findings derive from research for the author's doctoral thesis and her curatorial contribution to the exhibition Coal and Velvet. Balenciaga and Ortiz Echagüe. Views on the Popular Costume (Balenciaga Museum, Getaria, Spain, 7 October 2016–7 May 2017).

Voicing the Soviet Experience

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Lyric Poetry ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Stalin Era ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Conflicting Discourses ◽  
Soviet Experience

This book is an examination of a poet whose career offers a case study in the complexities facing Soviet writers in the Stalin era. Ol′ga Berggol′ts (1910–1975) was a prominent Russian Soviet poet, whose accounts of heroism in wartime Leningrad brought her fame. This book addresses her position as a writer whose Party loyalties were frequently in conflict with the demands of artistic and personal integrity. Writers who pursued their careers under the restrictions of the Stalin era have been categorized as ‘official’ figures whose work is assumed to be drab, inept and opportunistic; but such assumptions impose a uniformity on the work of Soviet writers that the censors and the Writers Union could not achieve. An exploration of Berggol′ts's work shows that the borders between ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ literature were in fact permeable and shifting. This book draws on unpublished sources such as diaries and notebooks to reveal the range and scope of her work, and to show how conflict and ambiguity functioned as a creative structuring principle. The text discusses how Berggol′ts's lyric poetry constructs the subject from multiple, conflicting discourses, and examines the poet's treatment of genres such as narrative verse, verse tragedy and prose in the changing cultural context of the 1950s. Berggol′ts's use of inter-textual, and especially intra-textual, reference is also investigated; the intensively self-referential nature of her work creates a web of allusion that connects texts of different genres, ‘official’ as well as ‘unofficial’ writing.

scholarly journals Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (APAE): delineamento de uma gênese histórica

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Giovani Ferreira Bezerra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
American Citizenship ◽  
History Of Special Education ◽  
De Se ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Specialized Institution

O artigo aborda como a então designada problemática do excepcional, confi gurada no começo do século XX, possibilitou, no Brasil, a emergência da primeira Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae), na década de 1950, estendendo as análises apresentadas até o começo da década de 1960, quando surgiu a Federação Nacional das Apaes. Apesar de sua longevidade e capilaridade no país, pouco se tem abordado sobre a gênese da instituição Apae, o que tem impedido de se problematizar o contexto sócio-histórico, político e cultural em que esta emergiu. Para tanto, recorreu-se às contribuições de pesquisas histórica e bibliográfica. Com os dados encontrados, pôde-se constatar que a Apae surgiu impulsionada pelos princípios do pragmatismo e do modelo liberal de cidadania estadunidenses, pautada na fi lantropia e na ótica da higidez social, bem como recebeu infl uência do trabalho de Helena Antipoff . Entre as décadas de 1950 e 1960, a instituição se ramifi cou pelo país, levando à necessidade de se criar, já em 1962, uma Federação Nacional para congregar as associações e formular diretrizes de ação, o que ampliou seu espectro de atuação e sua difusão institucional.Palavras-chave: Educação de excepcionais. História da Educação Especial. Instituição especializada. Movimento apaeano.Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (APAE):development of a historical genesisAbstractThe article discusses how the so-called problem of the exceptional, confi gured at the beginning of the 20th century, made possible, in Brazil, the emergence of the fi rst Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae), in the 1950s, extending the analyzes presented until the beginning the 1960s, when the Federação Nacional das Apaes emerged. Despite its longevity and capillarity in the country, little has been discussed about the genesis of the Apae institution, which has prevented the problematic of the socio-historical, political and cultural context in which it emerged. To this end, we used contributions from historical and bibliographical research. With the data found, it could be seen that Apae emerged driven by the principles of pragmatism and the liberal model of American citizenship, guided by philanthropy and the perspective of social health, as well as infl uenced by the work of Helena Antipoff . Between the 1950s and 1960s, the institution branched across the country, leading to the need to create, already in 1962, a National Federation to congregate associations and formulate guidelines for action, which expanded its range of action and its institutional diffusion .Keywords: Education of exceptional. History of Special Education. Specialized institution. Apaeano movement.Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (APAE): delineamiento de una génesis históricaResumenEl artículo analiza cómo el llamado problema de lo excepcional, configurado a principios del siglo XX, hizo posible, en Brasil, la aparición de la primera Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae), en la década de 1950, ampliando los análisis presentados hasta el comienzo. la década de 1960, cuando surgió la Federação Nacional das Apaes. A pesar de su longevidad y capilaridad en el país, poco se ha discutido sobre la génesis de la institución Apae, que ha evitado la problemática del contexto sociohistórico, político y cultural en el que surgió. Para este fin, utilizamos contribuciones de investigaciones históricas y bibliográficas. Con los datos encontrados, se pudo ver que Apae surgió impulsado por los principios del pragmatismo y el modelo liberal de ciudadanía estadounidense, guiados por la filantropía y la perspectiva de la salud social, así como influenciados por el trabajo de Helena Antipoff. Entre las décadas de 1950 y 1960, la institución se expandió por todo el país, lo que llevó a la necesidad de crear, ya en 1962, una Federación Nacional para congregar asociaciones y formular directrices para la acción, lo que amplió su rango de acción y su difusión institucional.Palabras clave: Educación de excepcionales. Historia de la Educación Especial. Institución especializada. Movimiento apaeano.

scholarly journals Ghanaian highlife sound recordings of the 1970s: the legacy of Francis Kwakye and the Ghana Film Studio

Popular Music ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ernest Owusu-Poku
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Recording Technology ◽  
Sound Recordings ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Culturally Influenced ◽  
Document Review ◽  
Vinyl Records

Abstract There is a striking variance between the sounds of highlife music recorded in the 1950s and 1960s and that of the 1970s. This difference can be attributed partly to the advancement of recording technology, a shift from shellac to vinyl records as well as the advent of multi-track tape recorders in Ghana. The 1970s had a unique highlife sound that can be situated within and explained by the socio-cultural context of recording approaches embraced by studio engineers. This paper investigates the technological approaches to the production of highlife songs at the Ghana Film Studio (GFS) and how they reshaped the highlife soundscape in the 1970s. It also draws attention to the influence of Francis Kwakye, the then resident recording engineer of GFS as a case study to explore highlife sound on records within this period. Employing document review, audio review, observations and interview for data collection, the paper reveals that the engineering techniques and tools employed on the recordings were socio-culturally influenced and constructed to resonate with the Ghanaian identity of the time. It further argues that the recording activities have been guided largely by a new imagination of the highlife sound recordings framed within a certain Ghanaian nationalistic context. The paper concludes that the methods employed to record highlife music of the 1970s were masterminded essentially from a Ghanaian socio-cultural sound perspective.

scholarly journals Leedu draama retseptsioon Eestis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-240
Author(s):  
Anneli Saro
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The 1960S

Eesti teatril on ajaloolises plaanis kõige tihedamad sidemed olnud saksa- ja venekeelse ning angloameerika kultuuriruumiga, kuid sidemed lõunapoolsete lähinaabritega on olnud üsna sporaadilised. Käesolev uurimus käsitleb Leedu draama vastuvõttu Eestis ja Eesti teatris. Artikli eesmärgiks on (1) anda statistiline ajalooline ülevaade Eestis ilmunud ja lavastatud Leedu näitekirjandusest ning (2) uurida Leedu draama retseptsiooni Eestis, tuginedes näidendite lähilugemisele, audio- ja videosalvestustele ja ilmunud kriitikale ning tõlgendades nimetatud allikaid Eesti kultuurikontekstist lähtuvalt.Abstract. Anneli Saro: Reception of Lithuanian drama in Estonia. The article has two aims: (1) to give a statistical overview of Lithuanian drama published and staged in Estonia, and (2) to investigate the reception of Lithuanian drama in Estonia, relying on close reading of the plays and analysis of audiovisual recordings and criticism, and interpreting the sources in the Estonian cultural context. The term “reception” here covers the creative work of translators, directors, actors, scenographers, etc., as well as diverse mental activities of readers and spectators. The first part of the article tackles the historical development of cultural relations between Estonia and Lithuania in the field of theatre, listing the Lithuanian plays published and staged in Estonia during different epochs and contextualizing the reception. In the second part, the plays of four influential playwrights are analyzed: works by Juozas Grušas, Kazys Saja, Justinas Marcinkevičius and Marius Ivaškevičius. There are approximately forty Lithuanian plays translated into Estonian, most of them by Mihkel Loodus. Twenty plays have been staged in professional theatres, and twenty have been published, although some are still in manuscript. There are three groups of plays translated into Estonian: (1) plays depicting Soviet society, staged in Estonia in the second half of the 1950s and in the first half of the 1960s, 2) plays depicting Lithuanian history, mostly published as books, and 3) existential plays that form the majority of Lithuanian drama in Estonian.Keywords: Lithuanian drama; Estonian theatre; reception; cultural relations between Estonia and Lithuania

scholarly journals Fantastyka naukowa w polskim piśmiennictwie krytycznofilmowym przełomu lat pięćdziesiątych i sześćdziesiątych XX wieku

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (37) ◽  
pp. 99-125
Author(s):  
Robert Dudziński
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Science Fiction Films ◽  
The 1950S

The article is devoted to the Polish reception of science-fiction cinema; the statements of film critics from 1956–1965 were analysed. During this period, science fiction, previously absent from the screens of Polish cinemas for ideological and censorship reasons, returned to the repertoire and became the subject of press discussions and reviews. The analysis of articles devoted to this genre and published at the time allows reconstruction of the cultural context in which science-fiction productions operated. The article consists of three main parts. In the first of these, the author describes which science fiction films were present in Polish cinemas at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. In the second part, he analyses press statements devoted to the history and aesthetics of the genre. The subject under consideration in the third part is the reception of two productions, which at the time enjoyed the greatest interest from contemporary critics: Godzilla (Gojira, 1954, dir. Ishirō Honda) and The Silent Star (Der schweigende Stern 1960, dir. Kurt Maetzig).

The Making of Bible Women in the Fujian Zenana Mission from the 1880s to the 1950s

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Zhou Yun
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Women Missionaries ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Intercultural Exchange ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Bible Women ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Church

This chapter explores women missionaries from the Church of England Zenana Mission Society and their Bible women in Fujian. It focuses on the intercultural exchange between these two groups of women from entirely different backgrounds from the 1880s to the 1950s, with an aim to address Chinese experience from a transnational perspective. It shows that Bible women were central figures in a process of proselytizing local women and were formed mainly through a series of intercultural communications with their Western mission workers. The author argues that Bible women were the combined historic product of a particular Chinese historical and cultural context and a worldwide evangelical workforce by Western women, developed through transnational interactions and nurtured in a relationship of sisterhood and friendship.

scholarly journals The library space as a center of the cultural life of Leningrad citizens in the 1950s - early 1960s

Bibliosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
F. K. Yarmolich
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Space System ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
City District ◽  
The 1950S

The article is devoted to a tool for including Leningrad citizens in the socio-political and cultural context of the USSR development. The article objective is to demonstrate the mechanism and forms of this process on materials of Leningrad libraries. To achieve this goal, a number of tasks are being accomplished. First, the library space system has been recreated, which included city, district, garden and park and other types of libraries. Secondly, the library activity forms are described. Third, attention is focused on a differentiated approach to work with different categories of citizens. The article is based on archival material collected in three archives of St. Petersburg. To create an objective picture of Leningrad realities in the 1950s - early 1960s several categories of documents were used: reporting documentation, correspondence, minutes of party and production meetings. The combination of such groups, different in their information content of documents, allowed criticizing sources, revealing information that reflected the point of view of the institution and to some extent changed realities of the 1950s - early 1960s, etc.

The Invention of a Hebrew Nation

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-212
Author(s):  
Lutz Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Third ◽  
Hebrew Language ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Six Day War ◽  
Political Differences ◽  
Political Origins

The third chapter, ‘The Invention of a Hebrew Nation’, examines the enormous cultural foundation underpinning Matzpen’s political vision of a post-colonial existence for Israeli Jews. Matzpen built on a process of transformation that had worked to turn Diaspora Jews into new Hebrews, or Israelis. Drawing on the research of Yaacov Shavit and James Diamond into the movement of the Young Hebrews, or ‘Canaanites’, the chapter outlines an emerging Hebrew-language culture that blossomed in the young Israeli state of the 1950s and ’60s and defied the discourse of a unified Jewish people. This exposes a cultural context that had its roots in the Zionist Right, but grew far beyond its political origins. Culturally, it centred on the magazine Haolam Hazeh, which was published by Uri Avnery (1923–2018), and extended as far as Matzpen on its far-left fringe. This vibrant creative milieu included such figures as Shimon Tzabar, Amos Kenan, and Dan Ben-Amotz. Finally, the internal political differences within this milieu, gaps that the Six-Day War ultimately rendered unbridgeable, are highlighted.

Booms

queerqueen ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Claire Maree
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Cultural Productions ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Cross Dressing

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to this book’s central argument that speech and/or writing produced by queerqueen personalities is ventriloquilized and entextualized by transcribers, ghost writers, editors, and/or producers through language-labor practices. The chapter traces the recycling of the visual and sonic image of the queerqueen figure in contemporary popular culture from the 1950s. It proposes that, though processes of mass commodification, the trope of the (sometimes) cross-dressing (sometimes) cross-speaking queerqueen has been recycled in print, audiovisual, and digital media through recurring cultural “booms.” These “booms” position queerqueen speech as a new phenomenon and shape the commodification of it within the historical and cultural context that forms the background to Japanese popular cultural productions. This chapter outlines how one can trace the entextualization of “queer linguistic excess” and its containment through analysis of the (re)production of “actual” conversations by “authentic” queerqueens as written text.

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