Celebrating May 1: Visual Propaganda from Different Perspectives in Communist Hungary

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dc.contributor.authorSomogyvári, Lajos
dc.contributor.organizationTechnická univerzita v Liberci
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dc.description.abstractCelebration has been a key idea in the disciplinary fields of Mentalitätsgeschichte and anthropology: my paper aims to introduce this in the specific context of May Day parades and marches in Hungary in the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the educational nature of the communist system. For decades, verbal and visual propaganda tried to indoctrinate students and their parents and teachers by transforming perceptions of everyday reality through cultural practices and quasi-religious rites. From the perspective of theories about political religion, statues and symbols intended for the unification of leaders and masses in ceremonial- festive surroundings were meaningful elements with both continuous and changing characteristics. I would like to analyse this kind of message associated with May 1 through photographs of official processions in Budapest, choosing a concrete place as a starting point and adding verbal sources and different dimensions to the interpretation. First, party documents, minutes, and preparations establish the basic level of my approach, showing the original (and contemporary hidden) intentions of the ruling power to organize and execute International Workers’ Day. Next, propaganda and photographs of children and students demonstrate how the main celebration of the communist era was staged in order to legitimize its acceptance and popularity. The discussion concludes with a counter-narrative compiled from reports of the US legation and archives of Radio Free Europe, presenting an anti-communist view and a construction of Western propaganda.cs
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dc.identifier.WebofScienceResearcherIDResearcherID: H-4375-2017 (Somogyvári, Lajos)
dc.identifier.doi10.15240/tul/006/2022-1-003
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dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3352-7197 (Somogyvári, Lajos)
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dc.publisherNárodní pedagogické muzeum a knihovna J. A. Komenského
dc.publisherTechnická univerzita v Liberci, Fakulta přírodovědně-humanitní a pedagogická
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dc.subjectvisual studiescs
dc.subjectpolitical indoctrinationcs
dc.subjectcelebration of May Daycs
dc.titleCelebrating May 1: Visual Propaganda from Different Perspectives in Communist Hungaryen
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