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Modern Czech Legens: Folklore of the Atomic Age

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Abstract

Exhibition presents contemporary collectively shared and informally transmitted anonymous manifestations of everyday expressive culture of Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia) since 1945. It emphasises manifestations created by "bricolage", conceptualized as a "contemporary folk culture".

It is divided into six topics: contemporary folklore, culture and games of children, musical subcultures, domestic art, culture of soldiers in mandatory public service and culture of Czech tramps and tramping.