Worlds of Memory #02: Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture

Worlds of Memory #02: Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture
Veronika Pehe
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1 Feb 2020 UK
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9781789206289
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Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked "nostalgia" to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the Soviet era. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a "retro" fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching our understanding of not only the nation's memory culture, but also the ways in which popular culture can structure collective memory.

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Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781789206289
Published: 1 Feb 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 282

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