Politics in Color and Concrete : Socialist Materialities and the Middle Class in Hungary /

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Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous - the worst of postwar modernist architecture and design. This book revisits this history by exploring domestic space in Hungary from the 1950s through the 1990s and reconstructs the mult...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feherváry, Krisztina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Post-communism.
Middle class.
Economic history.
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Postcommunisme > Hongrie.
Culture materielle > Aspect politique > Hongrie.
Post-communism > Hungary.
Middle class > Hungary.
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects > Hungary.
Material culture > Political aspects > Hungary.
Hungary.
Hongrie > Conditions sociales.
Hongrie > Conditions economiques.
Hongrie > Civilisation.
Hungary > Social conditions.
Hungary > Economic conditions.
Hungary > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous - the worst of postwar modernist architecture and design. This book revisits this history by exploring domestic space in Hungary from the 1950s through the 1990s and reconstructs the multi-textured and politicized aesthetics of daily life through the objects, spaces, and colors that made up this lived environment. The author shows that contemporary standards of living and ideas about normalcy have roots in late socialist consumer culture and are not merely products of postsocialist transitions or neoliberalism. This engaging study decenters conventional perspectives on consumer capitalism, home ownership, and citizenship in the new Europe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780253009968

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