1st Edition
Past for the Eyes East European Representations of Communism in Cinema and Museums After 1989
436 Pages
by
Central European University Press
436 Pages
by
Central European University Press
How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today’s Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes. After history “ended” in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, museums and other memorials mushroomed all over the region. These efforts tried both to explain the meaning of... Read more
Introduction, DOCUMENTS OF COMMUNISM: LOST AND FOUND, SUBJECTS OF NOSTALGIA: SELLING THE PAST, OBJECTS OF MEMORY: MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, About the Authors, Name Index, Subject Index
Biography
Oksana Sarkisova is a Research Archivist at OSA Archivum, Central European University and Program Director of the International Documentary Film Festival Verzió.
Péter Apor is permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Humanities Research Center, Budapest.
