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