Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship
"In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just whose meaning is it? Is it a meaning generated by those who study tradition or those whose traditions are being studi...
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| description | "In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just whose meaning is it? Is it a meaning generated by those who study tradition or those whose traditions are being studied? In both cases, particular criteria for traditionality are employed, whether these are explicated or not. Individuals and groups will no doubt continue to uphold their traditional practices or refer to their practices as traditional. While they are in no way obliged to explicate in analytical terms their criteria for traditionality, the same cannot be said for those who make the study of traditions their profession. In scholarly analysis, traditions need to be explained instead of used as explanations for apparent repetitions and replications or symbolic linking in social practice, values, history, and heritage politics. This book takes a closer look at ‘tradition’ and ‘folklore’ in order to conceptualize them within discourses on modernity and modernism. The first section discusses ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ as modern concepts and the study of folklore as a modern trajectory. The underlying tenet here is that non-modernity cannot be represented without modern mediation, which therefore makes the representations of non-modernity epistemologically modern. The second section focuses on the nation-state of Finland and the nationalistic use of folk traditions in the discursive production of Finnish modernity and its Others. The insights are applicable worldwide in discussions on cultural representation. " |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-366682026-05-04T18:58:10Z Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship Anttonen, Pertti J. postmodernism postmodern national identity folkloristics modern tradition Finland Finnish language Finns thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6P Styles (P)::6PD Postmodernism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism "In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just whose meaning is it? Is it a meaning generated by those who study tradition or those whose traditions are being studied? In both cases, particular criteria for traditionality are employed, whether these are explicated or not. Individuals and groups will no doubt continue to uphold their traditional practices or refer to their practices as traditional. While they are in no way obliged to explicate in analytical terms their criteria for traditionality, the same cannot be said for those who make the study of traditions their profession. In scholarly analysis, traditions need to be explained instead of used as explanations for apparent repetitions and replications or symbolic linking in social practice, values, history, and heritage politics. This book takes a closer look at ‘tradition’ and ‘folklore’ in order to conceptualize them within discourses on modernity and modernism. The first section discusses ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ as modern concepts and the study of folklore as a modern trajectory. The underlying tenet here is that non-modernity cannot be represented without modern mediation, which therefore makes the representations of non-modernity epistemologically modern. The second section focuses on the nation-state of Finland and the nationalistic use of folk traditions in the discursive production of Finnish modernity and its Others. The insights are applicable worldwide in discussions on cultural representation. " 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2018-07-02 19:51:21 2020-04-01T13:58:34Z 2005 book 617196 OCN: 1030816751 1235-1946 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32113 9789522228147;9789522228154 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36668 eng Studia Fennica Folkloristica open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32113/1/9789522228147_tradition_through-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32113/1/9789522228147_tradition_through-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32113/1/9789522228147_tradition_through-REVISED.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32113/1/9789522228147_tradition_through-REVISED.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sff.15 10.21435/sff.15 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation grant and SKS 9789522228147;9789522228154 215 Helsinki open access |
| spellingShingle | postmodernism postmodern national identity folkloristics modern tradition Finland Finnish language Finns thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6P Styles (P)::6PD Postmodernism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism Anttonen, Pertti J. Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title | Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title_full | Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title_fullStr | Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title_short | Tradition through Modernity: Postmodernism and the Nation-State in Folklore Scholarship |
| title_sort | tradition through modernity postmodernism and the nation state in folklore scholarship |
| topic | postmodernism postmodern national identity folkloristics modern tradition Finland Finnish language Finns thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6P Styles (P)::6PD Postmodernism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFN Nationalism |
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