03910nam 22006974a 450 991079136470332120170924203625.01-282-62803-897866126280301-84545-946-610.1515/9781845459468(CKB)2560000000012103(EBL)544322(OCoLC)645100772(SSID)ssj0000383548(PQKBManifestationID)12083910(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000383548(PQKBWorkID)10331847(PQKB)10274644(MiAaPQ)EBC544322(DE-B1597)636080(DE-B1597)9781845459468(EXLCZ)99256000000001210320090810d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostsocialist Europe[electronic resource] anthropological perspectives from home /edited by László Kürti and Peter SkalnikNew York Berghahn Booksc20091 online resource (336 p.)EASA, 10 ;v.v. 10Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-157-X 1-84545-474-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Title page-Postsocialist Europe; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1-Introduction: Postsocialist Europe and the Anthropological Perspective from Home; Chapter 2-Gender and Governance in Rural Communities of Postsocialist Slovakia; Chapter 3-Property Relations, Class and Labour in Rural Poland; Chapter 4-Migs and Cadres on the Move: Thoughts on the Mimetic Dimensions of Postsocialism; Chapter 5-Diasporas Coming Home; Chapter 6-A Rainbow Flag against the Krakpw Dragon: Polish Responses to the Gay and Lesbian MovementChapter 7-Olivia's Story: Capitlaism and Rabbit Farming in HungaryChapter 8-Punk Anthropology: From a Study of a Local Slovene Alternative Rock Scene towards Partisan Scholarship; Chapter 9-Being Locked Out and Locked In; Chapter 10-Political Anthropology of the Post communist Czech Republic: Local-National and Rural-Urban; Chapter 11-Comparative Cultural Aspects of Work in Multinational Enterprises; Chapter 12-Immigrants from Ukraine in the Czech Republic: Foreigners in the Border Zone; Chapter 13-Afterword-Under the Aegis of Anthropology: Blazing New Trails; Notes on Contributors; IndexNow that nearly twenty years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet bloc there is a need to understand what has taken place since that historic date and where we are at the moment. Bringing together authors with different historical, cultural, regional and theoretical backgrounds, this volume engages in debates that address new questions arising from recent developments such as whether there is a need to reject or uphold the notion of post-socialism as both a necessary and valid concept ignoring changes and differences across both time and space. The authors' first-hand ethnographies froEASA, 10Political anthropologyEurope, EasternPolitical anthropologyFormer communist countriesPost-communismEurope, EasternFormer communist countriesSocial conditionsFormer communist countriesEconomic conditionsEurope, EasternSocial conditionsEurope, EasternEconomic conditionsPolitical anthropologyPolitical anthropologyPost-communism306.20947Kürti László447376Skalník Peter1945-408258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791364703321Postsocialist Europe3751061UNINA