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  • Tourism as Memory-Making

    Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire

    by Alena Pfoser ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Until recently the Russian Federation used to be one of the largest markets for outbound travel. Among Russians’ favourite destinations were cities that used to be part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and are now located in the independent nation-states bordering Russia. This open access bookprovides an empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated account of the mnemonic ... Read more

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  • Memorylands

    Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

    by Sharon Macdonald ...
    Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this ‘memory phenomenon’ is related to the changing nature of identities – especially European, national ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Remembering Utopia

    The Culture of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia

    Edited by Breda Luthar, Maruša Pušnik ...
    Essays and photos that reveal and reflect on everyday life in socialist Yugoslavia, from tourism to television.Research about socialism and communism tends to focus on official aspects of power and dissent and on state politics, and presuppose a powerful state and a party with its official ideology on one side and repressed, manipulated, or collaborating citizens on the other side. This collection ... Read more

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  • Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads

    Edited by Aili Aarelaid-Tart, Li Bennich-Björkman ...
    Series series Studies in European Sociology
    This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy. The twentieth century history of the Baltic countries has often been deeply tragic. Lying on the coastline of the Baltic Sea, these rather small but ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Czech Feminisms

    Perspectives on Gender in East Central Europe

    Edited by Iveta Jusová, Jirina Šiklová ...
    Sixteen essays "apply the intersectional theory in an inspiring way in the analysis of gender issues in the past and in contemporary Czech society" ( Aspasia).In this wide-ranging study of women's and gender issues in the pre- and post-1989 Czech Republic, contributors engage with current feminist debates and theories of nation and identity to examine the historical and cultural transformations of ... Read more

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  • A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe

    Edited by Ullrich Kockel, Jonas Frykman, Máiréad Nic Craith ...
    Series Book 42 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    A Companion to theAnthropologyof EuropeBLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGYA Companion to the Anthropology of Europe“The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library.”Reference Reviews“Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.”Choice“This important collection challenges all anthropologists to... ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia

    Engaging in everyday struggle

    by Alexandrina Vanke ...
    Despite the intense processes of deindustrialisation around the world, the working class continues to play an important role in post-industrial societies. However, working-class people are often stigmatised, morally judged and depicted negatively in dominant discourses.This book challenges stereotypical representations of workers, building on research into the everyday worlds of working-class and ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Museum’s Borders

    On the Challenge of Knowing and Remembering Well

    by Simon Knell ...
    The Museum’s Borders demonstrates that museum practices are deeply entangled in border making, patrol, mitigation and erasure, and that the border lens offers a new tool for deconstructing and reconfiguring such practices.Arguing that the museum is a critical institution for the operation of knowledge-based democracies, Knell investigates how they have been used by scientists, art historians and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Autobiographies of Transformation

    Lives in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Mike Keen, Janusz Mucha ...
    Series series Studies in European Sociology
    Autobiographies of Transformation is a completely unique history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era.Through the autobiographies of ten key sociological witnesses from the region, the sociological imagination is turned upon itself, resulting in a compelling and revealing account of the struggles, triumphs, and continuing challenges faced. The sociologists examined ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Identities, Nations and Politics after Communism

    Edited by Roger E. Kanet ...
    Series series Association for the Study of Nationalities
    This book focuses on questions of identity that have confronted the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of the communist system that had previously provided them with an identity.This development both facilitated and necessitated a reassessment of the now independent nations’ history, orientation, symbols and identity. In some cases, new states were created without a clear ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Ideology, Legitimacy and the New State

    Yugoslavia, Serbia and Croatia

    by Sinisa Malesevic ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
    A comparative analysis of the dominant ideologies and modes of legitimization in communist Yugoslavia and post-Communist Serbia and Croatia. The aim of the book is to identify and explain dominant normative and operative ideologies and principal modes of legitimization in these three case studies. ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Diversity of Belonging in Europe

    Public Spaces, Contested Places, Cultural Encounters

    Edited by Susannah Eckersley, Claske Vos ...
    Series series Critical Heritages of Europe
    Diversity of Belonging in Europe analyzes conflicting notions of identity andbelonging in contemporary Europe. Addressing the creation, negotiation, and (re)use of diverse spaces and places of belonging, the book examines their fascinatingcomplexities in the context of a changing Europe.Taking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the volume examinesrenegotiations of belonging played out ... Read more

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