Velvet Retro
Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture
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Word Count
47,500 words, Guess
Page Count
190 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30198202M
- ISBN-139781789206289
- OCLC Control Number1107346777
- Library of Congress Control Number2019043782
Classifications
- LCCDB2244.7 .P44 2020
Description
"Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked "nostalgia" to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a "retro" fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching our understanding of not only the nation's memory culture, but also the ways in which popular culture can structure collective memory"--
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