03955oam 22006614a 450 991079505030332120170922081554.0963-386-138-1(CKB)4340000000203730(OCoLC)1004392604(MdBmJHUP)muse53160(MiAaPQ)EBC5049796(DE-B1597)633358(DE-B1597)9789633861387(OCoLC)1338018642(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. Communism, Central and Eastern Europe, Historiography, Memory politics, Postcommunism.Post-communismSocial aspectsHistory.CommunismSocial aspectsHistory.MemoryPolitical aspectsHistory.MemorySocial aspectsHistory.MythPolitical aspectsHistory.MythSocial aspectsHistory.943Ghita Cristian Emilian1576202Dobre Claudia-Florentina1576203MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910795050303321Quest for a Suitable Past3853843UNINA