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Secrets and Truths : Ethnography in the Archive of Romania's Secret Police /

Nothing in Soviet-style communism was as shrouded in mystery as its secret police. Its paid employees were known to few and their actual numbers remain uncertain. Its informers and collaborators operated clandestinely under pseudonyms and met their officers in secret locations. Its files were inacce...

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Autor principal: Verdery, Katherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]
Colección:The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Note on Pronunciation
  • Introduction: What Was the Securitate?
  • Chapter 1. An Archive and Its Fictions
  • Chapter 2. The Secrets of a Secret Police
  • Chapter 3. Knowledge Practices and the Social Relations of Surveillance
  • Conclusion: The Radiant Future?
  • Bibliography
  • Index