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Czech prosaic folkloristics after 1989: From ethnography to European ethnology

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2022

Abstract

The study describes the development of research in the field of prosaic folkloristics in the Czech lands with an emphasis on the period after 2000, when there was an increase in research activities. This was manifested mainly in the research of contemporary legends and rumours, research in the field of collective memory, cataloging of legends and folktales.

There was also a sharp increase in publishing and editing activities and the renewal of international academic contacts.