Folklore Music on Romanian TV

Music genres rooted in folklore have often been interpreted as ideological manoeuvres to forge a sense of national identity (Gordy, Mihailescu, Baker, Cash). This article explores formalized folklore performances of muzică populară as forms ‘media rituals’ (Couldry), and focuses...

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Main Author: Urdea, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision 2014-06-01
Series:VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture
Online Access:https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc054/
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spelling doaj-7c17d4378fd641589e47d1cc89c48f232020-11-25T02:19:33ZengNetherlands Institute for Sound and VisionVIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture2213-09692014-06-01353510.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc054Folklore Music on Romanian TVUrdea, Alexandra Music genres rooted in folklore have often been interpreted as ideological manoeuvres to forge a sense of national identity (Gordy, Mihailescu, Baker, Cash). This article explores formalized folklore performances of muzică populară as forms ‘media rituals’ (Couldry), and focuses on the role that television has played in establishing the genre as we know it today. It analyses the link between muzică populară as rooted in mass participation activities during communism, and ‘media rituals’ as framed on television (Couldry), indiscriminately and democratically involving the entire population that it addresses (and is available beyond that).https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc054/
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publishDate 2014-06-01
description Music genres rooted in folklore have often been interpreted as ideological manoeuvres to forge a sense of national identity (Gordy, Mihailescu, Baker, Cash). This article explores formalized folklore performances of muzică populară as forms ‘media rituals’ (Couldry), and focuses on the role that television has played in establishing the genre as we know it today. It analyses the link between muzică populară as rooted in mass participation activities during communism, and ‘media rituals’ as framed on television (Couldry), indiscriminately and democratically involving the entire population that it addresses (and is available beyond that).
url https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc054/
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