"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu14939230819778432021-08-03T07:02:19Z "They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine Bialecki, Melissa Music Kobzars Ukraine Ukraine conflict Russian-Ukrainian conflict Russia Soviet Soviet Union Other Music Ethnomusicology Eurovision Jamala Verka Serduchka Gaitana Yuliya Samoylova Povodyr The Guide Russian Hegemony This thesis explores the roles of internal others in constructing a Soviet and post-Soviet Ukrainian national identity. I begin with an analysis of the kobzars—a group of blind, itinerant minstrels who performed across Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before they disappeared entirely during Stalin’s Great Terror in the 1930s. First, I explore the ways in which the Ukrainian bandura, an asymmetrical lute instrument, has become a site for documenting epistemologies of blind musicians in Ukraine. I then examine how these ways of knowing blindness have been influenced by myths of blind musicians in Ukraine that seek to demystify these internal “others.” Furthermore, I discuss how these myths continue to influence 21st century depictions of blind minstrels through an analysis of the 2014 Ukrainian film, The Guide. Finally, I turn my focus to the Eurovision Song Contest in order to examine how narratives of internal others are deployed in order to negotiate Ukraine’s position in 21st century Europe and in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. I then reflect on the ways in which deploying these narratives of internal others does not draw these groups into the mainstream, but instead emphasizes and exploits their difference for the purpose of rejecting external hegemony in Ukraine. 2017-08-02 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1493923081977843 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1493923081977843 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Music Kobzars Ukraine Ukraine conflict Russian-Ukrainian conflict Russia Soviet Soviet Union Other Music Ethnomusicology Eurovision Jamala Verka Serduchka Gaitana Yuliya Samoylova Povodyr The Guide Russian Hegemony Bialecki, Melissa "They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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Bialecki, Melissa |
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Bialecki, Melissa |
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Bialecki, Melissa |
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"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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"They Believe the Dawn Will Come": Deploying Musical Narratives of Internal Others in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine |
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"they believe the dawn will come": deploying musical narratives of internal others in soviet and post-soviet ukraine |
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Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK |
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2017 |
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