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Title When the world turned upside-down : cultural representations of post-1989 Eastern Europe / edited by Kathleen Starck
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

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Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; POST EAST-WEST? AN INTRODUCTION; TRANSFERENCE, TEMPORALITY, AND IDENTITIES IN TRANSIT; DIMENSIONS OF THE PRESENT MOMENT; BOSNIAN WAYS OF BEING AMERICAN; MALCOLM BRADBURY; EXPLORING THE PRESENT THROUGH THE PAST-WHOSE PRESENT?; EMERGING PASTS; ACROSS THE LINE; CAN THE EAST GERMAN SPEAK?- IDEOLOGIES OF MEMORY; WALK/DON'T WALK; DISTURBANCE EAST. PUNKS IN EAST BERLIN. MEMORY, GENDER AND COLD WAR IN A POST-1989 TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY; EASTERN EUROPE AS THE OTHER; REDRESSING ABSENCE; AN-OTHER EAST; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Summary This collection of essays explores post-1989 Western perceptions of Eastern Europe and how these manifest themselves in cultural representations. It starts out from findings in the academic field of "post-socialism", claiming that "Easterners" and "Westerners" are still very much under the influence of the socialisation they underwent during the Cold War and its aftermath. As a consequence, the revolutions of 1989 and 1990 and the subsequent opportunities for exchange did not necessarily brin ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject East Europeans in literature.
Literary studies: general.
The Cold War.
Social & cultural history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Diplomatic relations
East Europeans in literature
International relations
Literature
Public opinion
Social conditions
Kultur
Osteuropabild
SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Foreign public opinion
Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002087
Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Europe, Western
Europe, Western -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern
Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005642
Europe, Eastern -- In literature
Subject Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Westeuropa
Form Electronic book
Author Starck, Kathleen
LC no. 2010398421
ISBN 9781443816199
1443816191
1282414925
9781282414921
9786612414923
6612414928