From Storeroom to Stage - Romanian Attire and the Politics of Folklore

Departing from an ethnographic collection in London, From Storeroom to Stage traces the journey of its artefacts back to the Romanian villages where they were made 70 years ago, and to other places where similar objects are still in use. The book explores the role that material culture plays in the production of value and meaning by examining how folk objects are mobilized in national ideologies, transmissions of personal and family memory, museological discourses, and artistic acts.

List of contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

PART I: OBJECTS DEFINED

Introduction: Where a Collection Can Take You

Chapter 1. Framing the Object

PART II: OBJECTS KEPT

Chapter 2. Unfolding the Past: The Context of the Archives

Chapter 3. Out of the Wardrobes

PART III: OBJECTS IN PLACE

Chapter 4. Bringing It All Back Home

Chapter 5. Houses of Modernity

Chapter 6. Reconfigurations of the Public Space

PART IV: OBJECTS ON STAGE

Chapter 7. The Boundaries of Folclor

Chapter 8. Folklore Stars

Conclusion: What Does 'Folklore' Do?

References

Index

About the author

Alexandra Urdea is a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. Her research interests include material culture, heritage and museum studies, and mobility studies.

Summary

Departing from an ethnographic collection in London, From Storeroom to Stage traces the journey of its artefacts back to the Romanian villages where they were made 70 years ago, and to other places where similar objects are still in use. The book explores the role that material culture plays in the production of value and meaning by examining how folk objects are mobilized in national ideologies, transmissions of personal and family memory, museological discourses, and artistic acts.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Urdea
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781789201031
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-103-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement; Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement; Material Mediations: People an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Romania, Material Culture, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies