Velvet totalitarianism : post-Stalinist Romania / Claudia Moscovici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moscovici, Claudia, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Romania--Fiction.

Human rights.

Romania--Politics and government--1989---Fiction.

Romania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Title from introduction: Reincarnations of love

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces students and the general public to the post-Stalinist phase of totalitarianism, focusing on Romania under the Ceausescu dictatorship, through the dual optic of scholarship and fiction, in a story about a family surviving difficult times under a totalitarian regime due to the strength of their love.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Romanian Stalinism and Post-Stalinism; 3. Nicolae Ceausescu and his Rule (1965-1989); 4. The Secret Police, or Securitate; 5. Birth Control Policies and the Romanian Orphanages; 6. The Romanian Revolution of December,1989; 7. Writing Politics; 8. Bibliography; Reincarnations of Love: A Novel; Part I; Part II; Part III; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

0-7618-9083-1

1-283-83377-8

0-7618-4694-8

OCLC:

845247273