03745oam 22006134a 450 991049465000332120170922081554.0963-386-138-1(CKB)4340000000203730(OCoLC)1004392604(MdBmJHUP)muse53160(MiAaPQ)EBC5049796(EXLCZ)99434000000020373020160307d2016 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierQuest for a Suitable PastMyth and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe /edited by Claudia-Florentina Dobre and Cristian Emilian GhitaNew York :Central European University Press,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2017©2016.1 online resource (pages cm)963-386-136-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Claudia-Florentina Dobre -- An obscure object of desire : the myth of Alba Iulia and its social functions, 1918-1940 / Gábor Egry -- Croatia between the myths of the nation-state and of the common European past / Neven Budak -- Deconstructing the myth of the "wicked German" in northern and western parts of Poland : local approaches to cultural heritage / Izabela Skórzynska and Anna Wachowiak -- Mythologizing the biographies of Romanian underground communists : the case study of Miron Constantinescu / Stefan Bosomitu -- Women in the Communist Party : debunking a (post-)communist mythology / Luciana-Marioara Jinga -- Avatars of the social imaginary : myths about Romanian communism after 1989 / Claudia-Florentina Dobre -- Post-communist politics of memory and the new regime of historiography : recent controversies on the memory of the "Forty-five years of the communist yoke" and the "Myth of Batak" / Liliana Deyanova -- The phenomenon of "parahistory" in post-communist Bulgaria : old theories and new myths on proto-Bulgarians / Alexander Nikolov."The present volume, In Search of Better Times : Myth and Memory in Eastern and Central Europe, brings together a range of case studies of myth making and myth breaking from the nineteenth century to the present day. In particular, it makes a novel contribution to the study of the complex process through which memories are transformed into myths. This problematic interplay between memory and myth-making is analyzed in conjunction with the role of myths in the political and social life of the region"--Provided by publisher.Post-communismSocial aspectsHistoryCommunismSocial aspectsHistoryMemoryPolitical aspectsHistoryMemorySocial aspectsHistoryMythPolitical aspectsHistoryMythSocial aspectsHistoryEurope, CentralPolitics and governmentEurope, EasternPolitics and governmentEurope, CentralSocial life and customsEurope, EasternSocial life and customsElectronic books. Post-communismSocial aspectsHistory.CommunismSocial aspectsHistory.MemoryPolitical aspectsHistory.MemorySocial aspectsHistory.MythPolitical aspectsHistory.MythSocial aspectsHistory.943Ghita Cristian Emilian1029480Dobre Claudia-Florentina1029481MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910494650003321Quest for a Suitable Past2445934UNINA