European Cultural Memory Post-89 |
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| Volume Editor:
| Mithander, Conny
Sundholm, John
Velicu, Adrian |
| Series title: | European Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-3618-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume is the first comprehensive mapping of how practices of cultural memory in post-communist countries and other late newcomers to the European Union have been affected due to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism. The essays cover Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, the unified Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden as well as Europe's significant Other, Russia. The practices analysed range from films, novels and theatre to museums...
More DescriptionThis volume is the first comprehensive mapping of how practices of cultural memory in post-communist countries and other late newcomers to the European Union have been affected due to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism. The essays cover Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, the unified Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden as well as Europe's significant Other, Russia. The practices analysed range from films, novels and theatre to museums and state organizations such as memory institutes and pedagogical campaigns.