Musical self-image and cultural change: Lithuanian minority in poland case study

The paper deals with living systems at the social and individual levels of analysis. We examine the individual's perception of membership in an ethnically defined social group, in particular the hypotheses regarding the implicit definitions of one's own social group elicited from the negat...

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Published in:Behavioral Science 1993-10, Vol.38 (4), p.273-292
Main Authors: Niewiadomska-Bugaj, M., Zeranska-Kominek, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Study
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural change
Culture
ethnic identity
Ethnic minorities
ethnomusic
Ethnomusicology
Folk music
Folk songs
folkmusic
Humans
Lithuania
Lithuania - ethnology
Lithuanians
living systems
Minorities
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups - psychology
Models, Theoretical
Music
Poland
Self image
Self-concept
Social Change
Social Distance
Social Identification
Social research
Social Values
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Summary:The paper deals with living systems at the social and individual levels of analysis. We examine the individual's perception of membership in an ethnically defined social group, in particular the hypotheses regarding the implicit definitions of one's own social group elicited from the negatives of perceived differences from members of other groups. The specific hypotheses concern the relationship between the perceived differences and the geographical distance to the group. These hypotheses were tested on the material collected from evaluations of Lithuanian folk songs from various regions by Lithuanian minority in Poland. In addition to the results being generalizable to other ethnic groups, and to perception not restricted to songs but also concerning other aspects of culture (allowing mostly categorical judgments), the results are of interest because of the statistical methodology used, which involves resampling techniques for categorical data.
ISSN:0005-7940
1099-1743
1932-300X
DOI:10.1002/bs.3830380404