Songs for Ordinary People
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6181083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ondřej Daniel (0000-0002-2335-2717, Metropolitan University Prague, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 84-103 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.84 |
| OpenAlex | W4281606837 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article aims to illuminate the links between culture and class in the post-socialist years in the Czech Republic. To this end, it considers the reception of two music acts—the country folk duo Bratři Nedvědi in the 1990s and the “nationalist rock” band Ortel in the 2010s—and discusses the labeling of their fans based on their social class profiles. My analysis draws on mainstream Czech media coverage of these acts, materials reflecting fans’ perspectives, and broader scholarly debates about the links between music consumption and social class. One similarity between these bands lay in their decision to forsake their original subcultural fans for a more mainstream audience. A second commonality relates to the dismissal of their mainstream fans by cultural elites, who saw them as backward and out of step with the norms of liberal democracy and Western capitalism. These critics often described these types of Czech music as lowbrow and regressive. Meanwhile, the two bands continued to insist that they were making songs for “ordinary people” rather than elites: their fan bases, while not homogenous, remained largely working class. This study considers key intersections between class, age, ethnicity, and gender in Czech post-socialist society. I argue that certain kinds of local musical taste reflect class differences, which are further shaped by age, gender, and political orientation
Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Czech · Democracy · Literature · Mainstream · Media consumption · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Popular music · Social class · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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Shaming the working class in post-socialist Reality Television
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Class in Czechia
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The ‘Greek crisis’ as a middle-class morality tale
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Walking Through, Going Along and Scrolling Back
Rocking the nation
I Have Always thought that, If I Am Poor, I’m Also Supposed to Study Poorly
Class Analysis as Systemic Critique
Changing Highbrow Taste
The art of making classes in Serbia
American Kitchens, Luxury Bathrooms, and the Search for a 'Normal' Life in Postsocialist Hungary
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |