Replaying communism : trauma and nostalgia in European cultural production /
Repercussions of communism are still felt throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In fact, specters of communism remain vivid enough to inspire a wide range of contemporary cultural production, from video games to museum exhibits. This volume demonstrates how the region remains in a state of transiti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Central European University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Memory, Heritage and Public History in Central and Eastern Europe - CEU Press.
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| Summary: | Repercussions of communism are still felt throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In fact, specters of communism remain vivid enough to inspire a wide range of contemporary cultural production, from video games to museum exhibits. This volume demonstrates how the region remains in a state of transitioning away from communism, not having secured a fully post-communist identity. The volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to extend debates on the lasting impact of the communist era across Central and Eastern Europe with chapters thematically threaded through concepts including curation, immersion, interaction, humor and authenticity. A 'trauma/nostalgia paradigm' emerges as the tissue connecting the plurality of post-communist efforts employed to address the region's contested pasts. Twelve original essays by contributors from both 'inside' and 'outside' the region detail how twenty-first-century cultural productions reengage the communist past. The impact of this past is seen as fundamental to understanding and shaping Central and Eastern European identities. |
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| Item Description: | "Amsterdam University Press" |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages) illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781003756774 (electronic bk.) 904857496X 9789048574964 1003756778 |