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Title Quest for a suitable past : myth and memory in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Claudia-Florentina Dobre and Cristian Emilian Ghita.

Publication Info. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016.

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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.
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.
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Subject Europe, Eastern -- Social life and customs.
Eastern Europe.
Manners and customs.
Europe, Central -- Social life and customs.
Central Europe.
Myth -- Social aspects -- History.
Myth.
Social aspects.
History.
Myth -- Political aspects -- History.
Myth -- Political aspects.
Memory -- Social aspects -- History.
Memory -- Social aspects.
Memory.
Memory -- Political aspects -- History.
Memory -- Political aspects.
Communism -- Social aspects -- History.
Communism -- Social aspects.
Communism.
Post-communism -- Social aspects -- History.
Post-communism -- Social aspects.
Post-communism.
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Europe, Central -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dobre, Claudia-Florentina.
Ghita, Cristian Emilian.
Other Form: Print version: In search of better times Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016 9789633861363 (DLC) 2016008821
ISBN 9789633861387 (electronic book)
9633861381 (electronic book)
9789633861363 (hardbound) (alkaline paper)