ISBN:
9780253059727
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9780253059734
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 281 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Studies in Hungarian history
Uniform Title:
Kádár gyermekei : ifjúsági lázadás a hatvanas években
DDC:
305.23509439
Keywords:
Youth Social conditions
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Youth Political activity
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Socialism and youth
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Subculture
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Teenagers
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Communism
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Hungary Social conditions 1945-1989
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Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989
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Budapest
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Jugend
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Nonkonformismus
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Kulturpolitik
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Sozialismus
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Geschichte 1960-1970
Abstract:
As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the evening, sirens blared, teens were interrogated, and the myth of the most notorious juvenile gang in Budapest was born. The origin of the Great Tree Gang became an elaborately cultivated morality tale of the dangers posed by allegedly rebellious youths to the conformity of communist communities. In time, governments across Cold War Europe manufactured similar stories about the threats posed by groups of unruly adolescents. In this book, Sándor Horváth explores this youth counterculture in the Eastern Bloc, how young people there imagined the West, and why this generation proved so crucial to communist identity politics. He not only reveals how communism shaped youth culture, but also how young people shaped official policy. A fascinating read on the power of youth protest, the book shows what life was like for the first generation to have been born under communism and how one evening spent grieving rock and roll under a tree forever changed lives.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- The hippie stroll -- The trial : casting -- How hooligans are made -- Youth protection -- The police and uses of the urban space -- The socialist tabloid press -- Protest in a diary -- Girl in the gang -- Memory -- Conclusion.
Note:
"First printing 2022"
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Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 255-269
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