Nicolae Ceausescu: between Vernacular Memory and Nostalgia
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nicolae Ceausescu: between Vernacular Memory and Nostalgia
Original language description
The hierarchical ranking of history, memory and nostalgia classifies the ubiquitous enactments of Nicolae Ceauşescu from the vernacular memory of post-communist Romania as "unhealthy nostalgia" for the communist past. This paper explores various instances of Ceauşescu's memorialization as reflected in contemporary art and living memorials inked on the skin (nostalgia tattoos). These vernacular memorials and commemorations of the former communist leader occasion a peculiar culture of remembrance where "nostalgia" for Ceauşescu exceeds its boundaries of meaning and becomes a term which can be mobilized against present wrongdoings and capitalist injustices. From an epistemological narrative standpoint, this paper attempts to argue that to construct a harmonious but counterfeit picture of the past (in which Nicolae Ceauşescu and his era are exclusively demonized) is not desirable or acceptable because the individuals (and the communities) who remember that past are not homogeneous and their memories and longings for the past are not similar. Thus, nostalgia ought not to be understood exclusively as an abnormal (unauthentic, unhealthy) memory of the past but rather as a peculiar form of memory illuminating a healthy critique of the present in the light of the past.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Twentieth Century Communism : A Journal of International History
ISSN
1758-6437
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Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
27-42
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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