Over the wall/after the fall : post-communist cultures through an East-West gaze / edited by Sibelan Forrester, Magdalena J. Zaborowska, and Elena Gapova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forrester, Sibelan E. S. (Sibelan Elizabeth S.)

Zaborowska, Magdalena J.

Gapova, Elena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Europe, Eastern.

Social change.

Eastern Europe.

Social change--Former Soviet republics.

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Former Soviet republics.

Europe, Eastern--Civilization.

Europe, Eastern.

Civilization.

Former Soviet republics--Civilization.

Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Over the Wall/After the Fall maps a new discourse on the evolution of cultural life in Eastern Europe following the end of communism. Departing from traditional binary views of East/West, the contributors to this volume consider the countries and the peoples of the region on their own terms. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, gender theory, and postcolonial studies, this lively collection addresses gender issues and sexual politics, consumerism, high and popular culture, architecture, media, art, and theater. Among the themes of the essays are the Western pop success of Bulgarian folk choirs, the Czechs' reception of Frank Gehry's unconventional building in the center of Prague, bohemians in Lviv, and cryptographic art installations from Bratislava.

Contents:

How I found Eastern Europe : televisual geography, travel sites, and museum installations / Andaluna Borcila

The nation in between; or, why intellectuals do things with words / Elena Gapova

Prenzlauer Berg connections : the trajectory of East German samizdat culture from socialism to capitalism / Lisa Whitmore

Reading transparent "constructions of history"; or, Three passages through (in)visible Warsaw / Magdalena J. Zaborowska

Can Prague learn from L.A.? Frank Gehry's Netherlands National Building in Prague / David Houston

Heteroglossia and linguistic neocolonialism : English teaching in post-1989 Poland / Bill Johnston

Projections of desire : Robert D. Kaplan's Balkan ghosts and the crisis of self-definition / Anca Rosu

Shifting a cultural paradigm : between the mystique and the marketing of Polish theatre / Halina Filipowicz

"Hurrah, I'm still alive!" East German products demonstrating East German identities / Rainer Gries

Cryptographic art of Bratislava : configurations of absence in post-communist installation art / Paul Krainak

"Move over Madonna" : gender, representation, and the "mystery" of Bulgarian voices / Carol Silverman

Four bearings of West for the Lviv Bohema / Mark Andryczyk

"Don't get pricked!" representation and the politics of sexuality in the Czech Republic / Věra Sokolová

From big brother to big burger (and what's the grand narrative got to do with it?) / "Benni Goodman."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-310) and index.

ISBN:

0253344328

0253216966

OCLC:

54803627