| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
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Post-Communist cultural studies series |
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Post-Communist cultural studies.
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| Contents |
(Re)Constructing normality in post-Communism -- From opposition to independence : social movements in Latvia, 1986-1991 -- Normalizing politics and politicizing normality -- Transforming boundaries : space, place, and normality -- (Re)Constructing gender in post-Communism -- Transformation and normalization : a conclusion to the study |
| Summary |
"As Latvia and other former Soviet-bloc countries seek to rebuild and transform their societies, what is the central dynamic at work? In Imagining the Nation, Daina Stukuls Eglitis finds that in virtually all aspects of life the guiding sentiment among Latvians has been a desire for normality in the wake of the "deformations" that marked the half-century of Soviet rule. In seeking to return to normality, many people look to the West for models; others look back in time to the period of Latvian independence from 1918 to 1940 before the years of Soviet domination |
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Ultimately, the changes in Latvia and other East European countries are closely tied to a vital reimagining of the past, as the logic of progress long associated with "revolution" is amalgamated with nostalgia for what is gone. The radiant utopias of revolution give way to widely shared aspirations for a return to the normal in politics, place names, private property, and even gender relations." "Eglitis draws upon published and unpublished documents, campaign posters, maps, and monuments, as well as interviews with Latvians from all walks of life."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Social change -- Latvia
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Post-communism -- Latvia
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Women -- Latvia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Politics and government
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Post-communism
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Social change
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Social conditions
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Women
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| SUBJECT |
Latvia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005498
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Latvia -- Politics and government -- 1940-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93005849
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Latvia -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93005850
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| Subject |
Latvia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0271023813 |
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9780271023816 |
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