ISBN:
9789004328648
,
9004328645
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Central and Eastern Europe 7
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fischer, Lisa Pope, 1962- Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary
DDC:
306.09439
Keywords:
Post-communism Social aspects
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Hungary
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Communism and culture Hungary
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Hungarians Social life and customs
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Hungarians Social conditions
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21st century
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Older people Social conditions
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21st century
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Hungary
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Communism and culture
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Hungarians Social life and customs
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Hungarians Social conditions 21st century
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Older people Social conditions 21st century
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Post-communism Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Communism and culture
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Hungarians ; Social conditions
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Hungarians ; Social life and customs
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Older people ; Social conditions
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Post-communism ; Social aspects
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Social conditions
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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Hungary Social conditions
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1945-1989
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Hungary Social conditions
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1989-
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Hungary
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Hungary Social conditions 1945-1989
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Hungary Social conditions 1989-
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Hungary
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction : "A ghost in the city": reinterpretations of communist past in post-socialist Hungary -- Globalized bonds: gift exchange, liminality, and embodiment -- Renegotiating procurement strategies: elderly women applying procurement strategies of the socialist era to the post-socialist condition -- Reclaiming folklore after communist era oppression: peasant folklore of the past asserted in the present -- Culture of communist past within the healthcare system: reorganizing healthcare and a mystification of the body -- "The kitschification of communist material culture: politics reinterpreted" -- Afterword : re-interpretation of social change: "I am not political."
Abstract:
In 'Symbolic Traces of Communist Legacy in Post-socialist Hungary', Lisa Pope Fischer shows how personal practices symbolically refurbish elements from the Communist era to fit present-day challenges. A generation who lived through the socialist period adapt to post-socialist Hungary in a global context. Life histories weave together case studies of gift giving, procurement strategies, harvest ritual, healthcare, and socialist kitsch to illustrate turns towards mysticism, neo-traditionalism, nostalgia, nationalism, and shifts in time-place. People's unrequited past longing for future possibilities of a Western society facilitate desires for a lost way of life. Not only does this work gain understanding of an aging population's life experiences and the politics of everyday practices, but also social change in a modern global world
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