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When the World Turned Upside-Down : Cultural Representations of Post-1989 Eastern Europe

By Kathleen Starck

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2009
ISBN
9781443816199, 9781443805520
LCC
DJK51 -- .W44 2009eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
854 kB (874127 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
138\138
Time added
2023-08-04 07:54:14
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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 OC post-socialism', claiming that OC Easterners' and OC 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..."

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