Cultural Change in East-Central European and Eurasian Spaces
Post-1989 Revisions and Re-imaginings
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Beschreibung
This book weaves together research on cultural change in Central Europe and Eurasia: notably, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Examining massive cultural shifts in erstwhile state-communist nations since 1989, the authors analyze how the region is moving in both freeing and restrictive directions. They map out these directions in such arenas as LGBTQ protest cultures, new Russian fiction, Polish memory of Jewish heritage, ethnic nationalisms, revival of minority cultures, and loss of state support for museums. From a comparison of gender constructions in 30 national constitutions to an exploration of a cross-national artistic collaborative, this insightful book illuminates how the region’s denizens are swimming in changing tides of transnational cultures, resulting in new hybridities and innovations. Arguing for a decolonization of the region and for the significance of culture, the book appeals to a wide, interdisciplinary readership interested in cultural change, post-communist societies, and globalization.
This book weaves together research on cultural change in Central Europe and Eurasia: notably, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Examining massive cultural shifts in erstwhile state-communist nations since 1989, the authors analyze how the region is moving in both freeing and restrictive directions. They map out these directions in such arenas as LGBTQ protest cultures, new Russian fiction, Polish memory of Jewish heritage, ethnic nationalisms, revival of minority cultures, and loss of state support for museums. From a comparison of gender constructions in 30 national constitutions to an exploration of a cross-national artistic collaborative, this insightful book illuminates how the region’s denizens are swimming in changing tides of transnational cultures, resulting in new hybridities and innovations. Arguing for a decolonization of the region and for the significance of culture, the book appeals to a wide, interdisciplinary readership interestedin cultural change, post-communist societies, and globalization.
Provides a cross-disciplinary analysis of cultural change that documents the most recent conditions and developments in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Brings together important conversations on literature, visual arts, popular culture, collective memory, ethnicity, minority cultures, and activism Analyzes many of the most current, critical realities in the region, including nationalism, border conflict, and gender activism
Autor*in
Susan C. Pearce
Themen in »Cultural Change in East-Central European and Eurasian Spaces«
Multiculturalism in Polish Post-Enlargement National Identity Europeanness and Authenticity Slavs and Tatars Migrant-Phobia in Russia Neglected Discourses of the Human Race Racial Diversification Architecture and Ideology in Post-Soviet Development Islamic Perspective of Human Rights Consumption and Popular Culture Global Popular Culture for Local Infrastructures Changes in Polish Eating Practices Cultures of Political Activism Current Cultural Representations of Gender Queer Politics in Neoliberal Poland Upper Silesia