Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary experiences of a generation that lived during the socialist era / by Lisa Pope Fischer.

Author/creator Fischer, Lisa Pope, 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Descriptionxiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Post-communism--Social aspects. --Hungary.
Communism and culture--Hungary.
Hungarians--Social life and customs.
Hungarians--Social conditions. --21st century.
Older people--Hungary. --Social conditions. --21st century.
Hungary--Social conditions. --1945-1989.
Hungary--Social conditions. --1989-.

SeriesCentral and Eastern Europe ; 7
Contents 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".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016032806
ISBN9789004322110 (hardback : alk. paper)

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