Although scholars are increasingly engaged with medievalism as a global phenomenon, its manifestations in the popular cultures of East and Central Europe are relatively unexamined. In a period of regional unrest, invocations of the medieval in Slavic regions are often political. Politicians use the past for nationalistic reasons. Popular renderings, such as animated films, can also appeal to nationalist sentiment. Yet, although medievalist appeals have been fundamental to official myths of nation-formation, they are also integral to countercultural ideologies. Medieval fantasy literature has traditionally provided one such nexus. More recently, medievalism has emerged in carnivalesque elements of pop punk music. Medievalisms also exist in the play spaces of reenactments of medieval life and combat. Yet even in play, these acts are never neutral: controlling the story of the past always has consequences in the now.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2025
Copyrightjahr
2025
ISBN-Print
978-1-80270-098-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-314-6
ePub ISBN
9781802702286
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Arc Medievalist
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
192
Produkttyp
Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 14
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1. The Wolin Village in Poland as a Site of Politicized Living History Kein Zugriff Seiten 15 - 38
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2. Modern Knights Kein Zugriff Seiten 39 - 66
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3. Mieszko and the Piasts in Polish Law and Justice (PiS) Political Discourse Kein Zugriff Seiten 67 - 96
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4. Creativity and Interpretation Kein Zugriff Seiten 97 - 122
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5. Medieval Figures of Reversal in Texts of Polish Alternative Music Kein Zugriff Seiten 123 - 154
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6. Satirizing Political Culture in the Animated Ilya of Murom and Nightingale the Robber Kein Zugriff Seiten 155 - 178
