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  • Over the Wall/After the Fall: Post-Communist Cultures through an East-West Gaze
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  • Sibelan Forrester, Magdalena J. Zaborowska, and Elena Gapova, eds.
  • 2004
  • Published by: Indiana University Press
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"... a hot subject in today's scholarship... and a groundbreaking project of vital significance to the field of cultural studies at both 'western' and 'eastern' geographical locations." -- Elwira Grossman

Over the Wall/After the Fall maps a new discourse on the evolution of cultural life in Eastern Europe following the end of communism. Departing from traditional binary views of East/West, the contributors to this volume consider the countries and the peoples of the region on their own terms. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, gender theory, and postcolonial studies, this lively collection addresses gender issues and sexual politics, consumerism, high and popular culture, architecture, media, art, and theater. Among the themes of the essays are the Western pop success of Bulgarian folk choirs, the Czechs' reception of Frank Gehry's unconventional building in the center of Prague, bohemians in Lviv, and cryptographic art installations from Bratislava.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xi
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  1. Introduction: Mapping Postsocialist Cultural Studies
  2. pp. 1-36
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  1. Part One (Re-) Visitations
  2. pp. 37-41
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  1. 1: How I Found Eastern Europe: Televisual Geography, Travel Sites, and Museum Installations
  2. pp. 42-64
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  1. 2: The Nation In Between; or, Why Intellectuals do Things with Words
  2. pp. 65-87
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  1. 3: Prenzlauer Berg Connections: The Trajectory of East German Samizdat Culture from Socialism to Capitalism
  2. pp. 88-96
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  1. 4: Reading Transparent "Constructions of History"; or, Three Passages through (In) Visible Warsaw
  2. pp. 97-119
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  1. 5: Can Prague Learn from L.A.? Frank Gehry's Netherlands National Building in Prague
  2. pp. 120-125
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  1. 6: Heteroglossia and Linguistic Neocolonialism: English Teaching in Post-1989 Poland
  2. pp. 126-145
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  1. 7: Projections of Desire: Robert D. Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts and the Crisis of Self-Definition
  2. pp. 146-158
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  1. Part Two: (Re-) Adaptations
  2. pp. 159-163
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  1. 8: Shifting a Cultural Paradigm: Between the Mystique and the Marketing of Polish Theatre
  2. pp. 164-180
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  1. 9: "Hurrah, I'm Still Alive!": East German Products Demonstrating East German Identities
  2. pp. 181-199
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  1. 10: Cryptographic Art of Bratislava: Configurations of Absence in Post-Communist Installation Art
  2. pp. 200-211
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  1. 11: "Move Over Madonna": Gender, Representation, and The "Mystery" of Bulgarian Voices
  2. pp. 212-237
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  1. 12: Four Bearings of West for the Lviv Bohema
  2. pp. 238-250
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  1. 13: "Don't Get Pricked!": Representation and the Politics of Sexuality in the Czech Republic
  2. pp. 251-268
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  1. Afterword: From Big Brother to Big Burger (And What's the Grand Narrative Got to Do with It?)
  2. pp. 269-288
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  1. Selected Bibliography
  2. pp. 289-310
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 311-312
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 313-320
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