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- Past for the Eyes: East European Representations of Communism in Cinema and Museums After 1989
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Central European University Press
summary
How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today’s Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes.
After history “ended” in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, museums and other memorials mushroomed all over the region. These efforts tried both to explain the meaning of this lost history, as well as to shape public opinion on their society’s shared post-war heritage. Museums and films made political use of recollections of the recent past, and employed selected museum, memorial, and media tools and tactics to make its political intent historically credible.
Thirteen essays from scholars around the region take a fresh look at the subject as they address the strategies of fashioning popular perceptions of the recent past.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. vii-xx
- The Man in the White Raincoat
- pp. 3-56
- Subjects of Nostalgia: Selling the Past
- pp. 115-116
- About the Authors
- pp. 401-404
- Name Index
- pp. 405-412
- Subject Index
- pp. 413-416
Additional Information
ISBN
9786155211430
Related ISBN(s)
9789639776036, 9789639776050
MARC Record
OCLC
182798293
Pages
436
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No