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Cold War books in the "other" Europe and what came after / by Jirina Smejkalova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Šmejkalová, Jiřina.
- Series:
- Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 11.
- Industrial world ; v. 2.
- Library of the written word. The industrial world ; v. 11
- The industrial world ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book industries and trade--Czech Republic.
- Book industries and trade.
- Book industries and trade--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.
- Books and reading--Czech Republic.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.
- Book industries and trade--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Books and reading--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Censorship--Europe, Eastern.
- Censorship.
- Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (421 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on analyses of the socio-cultural context of East and Central Europe, with a special focus on the Czech cultural dynamics of the Cold War and its aftermath, this book offers a study of the making and breaking of the centrally-controlled system of book production and reception. It explores the social, material and symbolic reproduction of the printed text, in both official and alternative spheres, and patterns of dissemination and reading. Building on archival research, statistical data, media analyses, and in-depth interviews with the participants of the post-1989 de-centralization and privatization of the book world, it revisits the established notions of ‘censorship’ and ‘revolution’ in order to uncover people’s performances that contributed to both the reproduction and erosion of the ‘old regime’.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / J. Mejkalová
- Introduction / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter One. What Do We Know About (Totalitarian) Books? / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Two. Monitoring The ‘Red Model’ / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Three. The Ambiguities Of Censorship And Resistance / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Four. Suppressing The Margins / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Five. Performing Silences / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Six. The Literary Establishment / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Seven. Discontinuous Continuities / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Eight. Freedom In Print / J. Mejkalová
- Chapter Nine. The Paper Revolutionaries / J. Mejkalová
- Instead Of A Conclusion / J. Mejkalová
- Bibliography / J. Mejkalová
- Index / J. Mejkalová.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-03950-8
- 9786613039507
- 90-04-19357-X
- 90-04-18745-6
- OCLC:
- 714845328
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004187450.i-409 DOI
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