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The Socialist Good Life
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Author : Cristofer Scarboro
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-02
The Socialist Good Life written by Cristofer Scarboro and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with History categories.
What does the good life mean in a "backward" place? As communist regimes denigrated widespread unemployment and consumer excess in Western countries, socialist Eastern European states simultaneously legitimized their power through their apparent ability to satisfy consumers' needs. Moving beyond binaries of production and consumption, the essays collected here examine the lessons consumption studies can offer about ethnic and national identity and the role of economic expertise in shaping consumer behavior. From Polish VCRs to Ukrainian fashion boutiques, tropical fruits in the GDR to cinemas in Belgrade, The Socialist Good Life explores what consumption means in a worker state where communist ideology emphasizes collective needs over individual pleasures.
The Late Socialist Good Life In Bulgaria
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Author : Cristofer Scarboro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Late Socialist Good Life In Bulgaria written by Cristofer Scarboro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.
This book investigates the question of subjectivity-how people made sense of a world that was supposed to be understood within centrally created ideological frameworks. It brings together the literature of socialism, nationalism and trans-nationalism, and post-colonialism, areas that have been heretofore all too discreet. How states attempt to model subjects, and the negotiation this entails, is the central question of the modern era. It will be of interest to scholars and students in a wide range of subjects from history to anthropology to aesthetics.
The Good Life In Late Socialist Asia
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Author : Minh T N Nguyen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-02-24
The Good Life In Late Socialist Asia written by Minh T N Nguyen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-24 with categories.
Socialism In Practice
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Author : Scott Nearing
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-01-12
Socialism In Practice written by Scott Nearing and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with Political Science categories.
First published in 1962, this book is a study by author Scott Nearing on Communism in Eastern Europe, where he spent three months during the winter of 1961-1962. Together with his wife Helen, he visited Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. As self-proclaimed socialists, Nearing’s report “is neither objective nor is it neutral”, but rather seeks to “present to the American people the frightening lack of information in North America concerning [current] developments in East Europe.” Based on his personal observation during his travels through Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia, the author stands firm that “news of socialist construction in East Europe should be immensely valuable to Western peoples who want to see order, decency, peace and improvement in the world.”
Bought Sold
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Author : Patrick Hyder Patterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Bought Sold written by Patrick Hyder Patterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Business & Economics categories.
In Bought and Sold, Patrick Hyder Patterson reveals the extent to which socialist Yugoslavia embraced a consumer culture usually associated with capitalism and explores the role of consumerism in the federation's collapse into civil war in 1991.
Making Sense Of Dictatorship
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Author : Celia Donert
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-22
Making Sense Of Dictatorship written by Celia Donert and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-22 with History categories.
How did political power function in the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe after 1945? Making Sense of Dictatorship addresses this question with a particular focus on the acquiescent behavior of the majority of the population until, at the end of the 1980s, their rejection of state socialism and its authoritarian world. The authors refer to the concept of Sinnwelt, the way in which groups and individuals made sense of the world around them. The essays focus on the dynamics of everyday life and the extent to which the relationship between citizens and the state was collaborative or antagonistic. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of life in this period, including modernization, consumption and leisure, and the everyday experiences of “ordinary people,” single mothers, or those adopting alternative lifestyles. Empirically rich and conceptually original, the essays in this volume suggest new ways to understand how people make sense of everyday life under dictatorial regimes.
From The Cult Of Waste To The Trash Heap Of History
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Author : Zsuzsa Gille
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-04
From The Cult Of Waste To The Trash Heap Of History written by Zsuzsa Gille and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Zsuzsa Gille combines social history, cultural analysis, and environmental sociology to advance a long overdue social theory of waste in this study of waste management, Hungarian state socialism, and post--Cold War capitalism. From 1948 to the end of the Soviet period, Hungary developed a cult of waste that valued reuse and recycling. With privatization the old environmentally beneficial, though not flawless, waste regime was eliminated, and dumping and waste incineration were again promoted. Gille's analysis focuses on the struggle between a Budapest-based chemical company and the small rural village that became its toxic dump site.
Ambiguous Transitions
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Author : Jill Massino
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Ambiguous Transitions written by Jill Massino and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with History categories.
Focusing on youth, family, work, and consumption, Ambiguous Transitions analyzes the interplay between gender and citizenship postwar Romania. By juxtaposing official sources with oral histories and socialist policies with everyday practices, Jill Massino illuminates the gendered dimensions of socialist modernization and its complex effects on women’s roles, relationships, and identities. Analyzing women as subjects and agents, the book examines how they negotiated the challenges that arose as Romanian society modernized, even as it clung to traditional ideas about gender. Massino concludes by exploring the ambiguities of postsocialism, highlighting how the legacies of the past have shaped politics and women’s lived experiences since 1989.
Inside The Revolution
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Author : Mona Rosendahl
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1997
Inside The Revolution written by Mona Rosendahl and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The first ethnographic study of life in Cuba to emerge in over twenty years, Inside the Revolution offers a rare, close view of how socialist ideology translates into everyday experience in one Cuban municipality. Mona Rosendahl draws on eighteen months of fieldwork, in a municipality she calls by the fictional name Palmera, to present a vivid account of the lives and thoughts of residents, many of whom have lived inside the revolution for more than thirty-five years. In Palmera, support for the socialist program remains strong. Rosendahl attributes continuing loyalty to four conditions: improvements in the standard of living from 1959 to 1990, the uniformity and omnipresence of political communications from the government, a historical emphasis on local participation in the revolution, and the consistency of revolutionary ideals with traditional machista expectations and practices. Through an analysis of ideology and practice in contemporary Cuba, Rosendahl documents how its citizens support the present political system, and how reciprocal economics between households and ideas about gender both reinforce and challenge that system. Rosendahl also explains how those who oppose state socialism resist participation in society through inaction or withdrawal.
Everyday Life Under Communism And After
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Author : Tibor Valuch
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-18
Everyday Life Under Communism And After written by Tibor Valuch and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-18 with History categories.
By providing a survey of consumption and lifestyle in Hungary during the second half of the twentieth century, this book shows how common people lived during and after tumultuous regime changes. After an introduction covering the late 1930s, the study centers on the communist era, and goes on to describe changes in the post-communist period with its legacy of state socialism. Tibor Valuch poses a series of questions. Who could be called rich or poor and how did they live in the various periods? How did living, furnishings, clothing, income, and consumption mirror the structure of the society and its transformations? How could people accommodate their lifestyles to the political and social system? How specific to the regime was consumption after the communist takeover, and how did consumption habits change after the demise of state socialism? The answers, based on micro-histories, statistical data, population censuses and surveys help to understand the complexities of daily life, not only in Hungary, but also in other communist regimes in east-central Europe, with insights on their antecedents and afterlives.