LEADER 03745oam 22006134a 450 001 9910494650003321 005 20170922081554.0 010 $a963-386-138-1 035 $a(CKB)4340000000203730 035 $a(OCoLC)1004392604 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5049796 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000203730 100 $a20160307d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aQuest for a Suitable Past$eMyth and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe /$fedited by Claudia-Florentina Dobre and Cristian Emilian Ghita 210 1$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2016. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 $a963-386-136-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Claudia-Florentina Dobre -- An obscure object of desire : the myth of Alba Iulia and its social functions, 1918-1940 / Ga?bor 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 Sko?rzynska 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. 330 2 $a"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. 606 $aPost-communism$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aCommunism$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aMemory$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 606 $aMemory$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aMyth$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 606 $aMyth$xSocial aspects$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Central$xPolitics and government 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government 607 $aEurope, Central$xSocial life and customs 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPost-communism$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMemory$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMemory$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMyth$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMyth$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 676 $a943 701 $aGhita$b Cristian Emilian$01029480 701 $aDobre$b Claudia-Florentina$01029481 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910494650003321 996 $aQuest for a Suitable Past$92445934 997 $aUNINA