Exhibiting the Post-Communist Exotic: Nostalgia, Humour, and Commodifica-tion in Kitschified Museum Exhibitions

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://ojs.cuni.cz/dejinyteoriekritika/article/view/5150" target="_blank" >https://ojs.cuni.cz/dejinyteoriekritika/article/view/5150</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/24645370.5150" target="_blank" >10.14712/24645370.5150</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Exhibiting the Post-Communist Exotic: Nostalgia, Humour, and Commodifica-tion in Kitschified Museum Exhibitions

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the post-communist cities of Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw, privately operated museums are transforming the memory of communism into consumable experiences. This article introduces the concept of the post-communist exotic as both an analytical lens and a conceptual tool to examine how these museums render the communist past simultaneously strange and familiar for contemporary audiences. It examines how curatorial strategies utilise kitsch in the form of nostalgia, humour, and commodification to mediate historical specificity and global accessibility, thereby producing emotionally resonant and commercially legible narratives. By foregrounding the interplay between local agency, global circulations, and the imperatives of market logic, the post-communist exotic as a tool illuminates how memory in post-socialist contexts is actively constructed, circulated, and marketed. Ultimately, it offers a framework for examining the interplay of power, ideology, and affect in contemporary memory practices.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Exhibiting the Post-Communist Exotic: Nostalgia, Humour, and Commodifica-tion in Kitschified Museum Exhibitions

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the post-communist cities of Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw, privately operated museums are transforming the memory of communism into consumable experiences. This article introduces the concept of the post-communist exotic as both an analytical lens and a conceptual tool to examine how these museums render the communist past simultaneously strange and familiar for contemporary audiences. It examines how curatorial strategies utilise kitsch in the form of nostalgia, humour, and commodification to mediate historical specificity and global accessibility, thereby producing emotionally resonant and commercially legible narratives. By foregrounding the interplay between local agency, global circulations, and the imperatives of market logic, the post-communist exotic as a tool illuminates how memory in post-socialist contexts is actively constructed, circulated, and marketed. Ultimately, it offers a framework for examining the interplay of power, ideology, and affect in contemporary memory practices.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EH23_025%2F0008705" target="_blank" >EH23_025/0008705: Zdivočelá země: archeologický a transdisciplinární výzkum resilienčních strategií ve 20. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Dějiny - teorie - kritika

ISSN

1214-7249

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

31

Strana od-do

83-114

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105027797851