Authors : Elvira M. Kolcheva, Sergey K. Svechnikov, Valentina E. Kutasova and Marina S. Mamontova
Abstract: The overview of the research project of the Russian Scientific Humanitarian Foundation “The Mari People’s Ethno-cultural Space in Fine Arts of the Mari Republic in 1950-80s” is given in the study. The regional phenomenon of art is presented as a form of the ethnic and cultural reflection of the Mari culture. The analysis is based on the structural-semiotic model developed. The results of the study of one of the elements, namely the social space to be the most significant segment of culture for the period of the nation’s history are given. In the 1st place, at this stage, the collision of the Soviet ideological and national-romantic foundations is revealed. This resulted in the mangled representation of the Mari people’s past and the idealised interpretation of socialist system creation in the Mari rural areas, however, national Neoromanticism gave rise to the interest to the traditional Mari culture and gave the representation of several cultural archetypes, not having lost their artistic relevance to this day. The representation of the family space is an attempt to synthesise the two tendencies: a family is shown as an ethnic ‘cell’ of the Soviet society. The two main types of the Soviet era a national intellectual and a rural worker are depicted in the space of the culture subject. Both types are widely represented and they create a general image of the Mari people at the stage of late socialism. The practical aspects of the research and the work on electronic thematic catalogue are covered in the study.
Elvira M. Kolcheva, Sergey K. Svechnikov, Valentina E. Kutasova and Marina S. Mamontova, 2016. The Social Space of the Mari People Culture in Fine Arts of 1950-80s and the Forms of its Relevant Representation. The Social Sciences, 11: 1667-1674.