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Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary : experiences of a generation that lived during the socialist era /

In 'Symbolic Traces of Communist Legacy in Post-socialist Hungary', Lisa Pope Fischer shows how personal practices symbolically refurbish elements from the Communist era to fit present-day challenges. A generation who lived through the socialist period adapt to post-socialist Hungary in a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischer, Lisa Pope, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, ©2016.
Colección:Central and Eastern Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 'Symbolic Traces of Communist Legacy in Post-socialist Hungary', Lisa Pope Fischer shows how personal practices symbolically refurbish elements from the Communist era to fit present-day challenges. A generation who lived through the socialist period adapt to post-socialist Hungary in a global context. Life histories weave together case studies of gift giving, procurement strategies, harvest ritual, healthcare, and socialist kitsch to illustrate turns towards mysticism, neo-traditionalism, nostalgia, nationalism, and shifts in time-place. People's unrequited past longing for future possibilities of a Western society facilitate desires for a lost way of life. Not only does this work gain understanding of an aging population's life experiences and the politics of everyday practices, but also social change in a modern global world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004328648
9004328645