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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2018, 2 (140), 344—352.

UDK: 391:7.025.4(=161.2)”18/20”

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2018.02.344

Received 22.02.2018

UKRAINIAN FOLK COSTUME RECONSTRUCTION AS A WAY OF FINDING NATIONAL IDENTITY

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-0640

Kutsyr Tetiana Vasylivna, Junior Researcher

at the Ethnology Institute

of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,

Folk Art Department

Svobody Avenue 15, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine.

Contacts: Tel. (097) 752-2518; e-mail: sonechko_29@ukr.net

Abstrakt. In this paper Ukrainian folk costume reconstruction’s peculiarities of the early XXI century are discussed. «Reconstruction» as scientific and museum term is considered. Views at the Ukrainian folk costume in the XIX — early XXI centuries in historical context and related representation are analyzed. It is revealed which social needs these reconstructions satisfy and their connection with the search for a national identity. The typical image created in this way is outlined.

Keywords: Ukrainian folk costume, reconstruction, national identity, component, ensemble.

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