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Velvet retro : postsocialist nostalgia and the politics of heroism in Czech popular culture /

"Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked "nostalgia" to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pehe, Veronika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Colección:Worlds of memory ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked "nostalgia" to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a "retro" fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching our understanding of not only the nation's memory culture, but also the ways in which popular culture can structure collective memory"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 177 pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781789206296
1789206294