| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction / Claudia-Florentina Dobre -- An obscure object of desire : the myth of Alba Iulia and its social functions, 1918-1940 / Gábor Egry -- Croatia between the myths of the nation-state and of the common European past / Neven Budak -- Deconstructing the myth of the "wicked German" in northern and western parts of Poland : local approaches to cultural heritage / Izabela Skórzynska and Anna Wachowiak -- Mythologizing the biographies of Romanian underground communists : the case study of Miron Constantinescu / Stefan Bosomitu -- Women in the Communist Party : debunking a (post-)communist mythology / Luciana-Marioara Jinga -- Avatars of the social imaginary : myths about Romanian communism after 1989 / Claudia-Florentina Dobre -- Post-communist politics of memory and the new regime of historiography : recent controversies on the memory of the "Forty-five years of the communist yoke" and the "Myth of Batak" / Liliana Deyanova -- The phenomenon of "parahistory" in post-communist Bulgaria : old theories and new myths on proto-Bulgarians / Alexander Nikolov |
| Summary |
"The present volume, In Search of Better Times : Myth and Memory in Eastern and Central Europe, brings together a range of case studies of myth making and myth breaking from the nineteenth century to the present day. In particular, it makes a novel contribution to the study of the complex process through which memories are transformed into myths. This problematic interplay between memory and myth-making is analyzed in conjunction with the role of myths in the political and social life of the region"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Communism -- Social aspects -- History.
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Memory -- Political aspects -- History.
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Memory -- Social aspects -- History.
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Myth -- Political aspects -- History.
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Myth -- Social aspects -- History.
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Post-communism -- Social aspects -- History.
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Europe, Central -- Politics and government.
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Europe, Central -- Social life and customs.
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Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government.
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Europe, Eastern -- Social life and customs.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dobre, Claudia-Florentina.
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Ghita, Cristian Emilian.
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| LC no. |
2016011570 |
| ISBN |
9633861381 (electronic bk.) |
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9789633861387 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardbound : alkaline paper) |
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