Nostalgický chronotop pražského tanga: předběžné obrysy












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            * Matvei Gotlib
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            The Nostalgic Chronotope of Prague Tango: Premilinary Outlines


            Abstract
            This article deals with the study of the Prague tango as a nostalgic practice. It presents

            and the findings from the ethnography that the author has been carrying out at the tango p
            since autumn 2019. Emphasis is put on the forms of nostalgia, but not on its objects. The 
            based on the theory of body techniques by Marcel Mauss and the conception of dance resourc

            Foster. Kinaesthetic empathy – a methodology of movement observation – helps describe the 
            the dancing couples create. as Also, Bakhtin’s concept of chronotopes is used to interpret

            data. The article covers the Prague tango scene from 2018 to the present. One tango party 
            of two dancing couples are described in detail. At this time, we can describe five forms (
            nostalgia in the Prague tango community. These include the ironic use of the vintage attri

            creating and distributing romanticized stories related to tango, unconventional behaviour 
            tango dancers escape from the normalized reality of the contemporary city, the specific wa
            old music, and the polyphony of the dancing narratives. The study to which this paper is d

            become an example of how modern urban citizens can create new ways of gathering and feel a
            meaningful experience.


            Keywords: nostalgic practice; Prague tango community; chronotope

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