Abstract
The primary objective of this article is cultural-historical interpretation of the social impact of the production of musical genres on the borderline between folk and popular music. The investigation aims to illuminate the reception and cultural significance of these musical hybrids in the Czech context, with a particular focus on their cross-border interaction with Austria.
The study examines intersections of age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and gender, associated with the preferences for musical genres on the borderline between folk and popular music in Austria and the Czech lands in the 1990s, meaning a period characterized by an abrupt and intensified integration of global cultural influences. Relying predominantly on empirical evidence and the current state of expert knowledge, the research identifies several contextual and model roles in which this music may have served as a divisive or unifying factor.
The identification of the intersections between the consumption, production and circulation of pop-folk music is discussed here in three aspects: age, class, and geography.