Musicking’ children from the Bohemian lands
Nurtured and hidden musical practices on both sides of the Iron Curtain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12528394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrike Präger (Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 310-330 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507486.2015.1008414 |
| OpenAlex | W2000029789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
Based on an analysis of musical childhood memories from over 80 Germans from the Bohemian lands and historical evidence, this article investigates processes of social and political integration and assimilation of German children and young adults who, in the aftermath of the Second World War, were either expelled to Germany or remained in their Bohemian homelands. Memories of Germans expelled to West Germany disclose the various ways in which musical repertoire and musical practices are able to mitigate both the loss of the homeland and the distressing overall effects of expulsion, as well as reveal how music facilitates the building of a new sense of belonging in the face of geographic displacement and material dispossession. The study further highlights how the reframing and even silencing of musical practices on the other side of the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia affected processes of social-identity reconstruction until and after the 1989 fall of Communism. Results of this study foreground that individual musical experiences reveal new historical narratives of how German expellees used and still use musical practices to negotiate intercultural power relationships and rebuild a sense of belonging in their respective post-war environment in West Germany or Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · German · Homeland · Iron Curtain · Musical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Musicological Studies · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |