Kulturliv och etnologi

Abstract

The author discusses and makes an appeal for the study of the Arts within Swedish ethnology. There is much to gain from such studies. Literature, music, theatre, pictorial art etc. communicate, and give access to, central values within a culture. Expressing oneself through the arts is furthermore a strong means of identity politics. Finally, cultural notions of creativity are channeled, socially constructed, and mythologized through the arts.