Velvet Retro. Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Velvet Retro. Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture
Original language description
Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked „nostalgia” to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. 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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Classification
Type
B - Specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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ISBN
978-1-78920-628-9
Number of pages
190
Publisher name
Berghahn Books
Place of publication
New York
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