Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary : experiences of a generation that lived during the socialist era /

Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary : experiences of a generation that lived during the socialist era /

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Author / Creator:	Fischer, Lisa Pope, 1962- author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Description:	xiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Central and Eastern Europe : regional perspectives in global context ; volume 7 Central and Eastern Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 7.
Subject:	Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Hungary. Communism and culture -- Hungary. Hungarians -- Social life and customs. Hungarians -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Older people -- Hungary -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Communism and culture. Hungarians -- Social conditions. Hungarians -- Social life and customs. Older people -- Social conditions. Post-communism -- Social aspects. Social conditions. Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1945-1989. Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1989- Hungary.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10900320

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ISBN:	9789004322110 9004322116 9789004328648
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In 'Symbolic Traces of Communist Legacy in Post-socialist Hungary', Lisa Pope Fischer shows how personal practices symbolically refurbish elements from the Communist era to fit present-day challenges. A generation who lived through the socialist period adapt to post-socialist Hungary in a global context. Life histories weave together case studies of gift giving, procurement strategies, harvest ritual, healthcare, and socialist kitsch to illustrate turns towards mysticism, neo-traditionalism, nostalgia, nationalism, and shifts in time-place. People's unrequited past longing for future possibilities of a Western society facilitate desires for a lost way of life. Not only does this work gain understanding of an aging population's life experiences and the politics of everyday practices, but also social change in a modern global world.

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