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OverviewThe demise of state Socialisms caused radical social, cultural and economic changes in Eastern Europe. Since then, young people have been confronted with fundamental disruptions and transformations to their daily environment, while an unsettling, globalized world substantially reshapes local belongings and conventional values. In times of multiple instabilities and uncertainties, this volume argues, young people prefer to try to adjust to given circumstances than to adopt the behaviour of potential rebellious, adolescent role models, dissident counter-cultures or artistic breakings of taboo. Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context takes this situation as a starting point for an examination of generational change, cultural belongings, political activism and everyday practices of young people in different Eastern European countries from an interdisciplinary perspective. It argues that the conditions of global change not only call for a differentiated evaluation ofyouth cultures, but also for a revision of our understanding of 'youth' itself – in Eastern Europe and beyond. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthias Schwartz , Heike WinkelPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2015 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 5.857kg ISBN: 9781137385123ISBN 10: 113738512 Pages: 374 Publication Date: 20 December 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Matthias Schwarz and Heike Winkel PART I: RECONSIDERING GENERATIONAL CHANGE 1. The End of Childhood and/or the Discovery of the Tineidzher? Adolescence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture; Catriona Kelly 2. Youth Cultures and the Formation of a New Political Generation in Eastern Europe; Ken Roberts 3. Fast Forward to Capitalism? Accelerated Youth in Post-Socialism; Herwig Reiter and Christine Steiger 4. Revival Without Nostalgia. The Dizel' Movement, Serbian Nineties Cultural Trauma and Globalized Youth Cultures; Jovana Papovi? and Astrea Pejovi? 5. Symptom of the Loser and the Melancholy of the Post-Soviet Generation; Tamara Hundorova PART II: POPULAR BELONGINGS: SUBCULTURAL PLACES AND GLOBALIZED SPACES 6. 'Rap on Rap is Sacred': The Appropriation of Hip Hop in the Czech Republic; Anna Oravcová 7. Flaming Flares, Football Fanatics and Political Rebellion. Resistant Youth Cultures in Late Capitalism; Dominik Antonowicz, Rados?aw Kossakowski andTomasz Szlendak 8. Everything Feels Bad. Figurations of the Self in Contemporary Eastern European Literature; Matthias Schwartz 9. 'Bright reference point of our youth'. Bondy, Podsiad?o, and the Redefinition of the Underground; Alfrun Kliems PART III: RESHAPING POLITICAL ACTIVISM: BETWEEN REBELLION AND ADJUSTMENT 10. Fallen Vanguards and Vanished Rebels? Political Youth Involvement in Extraordinary Times; Félix Krawatzek 11: 'To serve like a man' – Ukraine's Euromaidan and the Questions of Gender, Nationalism and Generational Change; Sabine Roßmann 12. The Conception of Revolutionary Youth in Maksim Gor'kii's The Mother and Zakhar Prilepin's San'kia; Matthias Meindl 13. 'Polittusovka' – An Alternative Public Space of Young Politicians in Contemporary Russia; Anna Zhelnina PART IV: CONTESTED AGENCY: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EVERYDAY PRACTICES 14. Youth Cultures in Contemporary Russia: Memory, Politics and Solidarity; Elena Omelchenko and Guzel Sabirova 15. Public Discourse and Volunteer Militias in Post-Soviet Russia; Gleb Tsipursky 16. Battlefield Internet: Young Russian SNS Users and New-Media State Propaganda; Vera Zvereva 17. 'Flashy' Pictures: Social Activist Comics and Russian Youth; José Alaniz 18. Youth in the Post-Soviet Space. Is the Central Asian Case Really so Different?; Stefan B. KirmseReviews'In a context of significant and ongoing political change, this collection provides a rich and valuable window on youth cultures in Eastern Europe, with a focus on everyday routines rather than the more spectacular images of a minority that tend to dominate in the western media. Moreover, some of the research presented suggests that aspects of the Eastern experience are becoming increasingly evident in Western Europe. The collection offers a fresh perspective on the experiences of Eastern European youth and provokes thought about the future of the West. This is a book that deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in youth cultures or in the transformations taking place in Eastern Europe.'- Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow, UK This book is highly recommended for reading. It provides scholars with unique material. It gives food for thought. The target audiences consists not only of scholars in the field, but all interested in youth culture and those who interact with the youth on a frequent basis, such as teachers in both secondary and higher education. (Alla A. Sal'nikova, Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas. jgo.e-reviews, Vol. 4, 2017) Claiming to expand recent 'research efforts to redefine Eastern Europe and to rethink youth' ... this hefty tome is comprised of eighteen chapters divided into four parts, following the editors' contextualizing Introduction. ... Each of the chapters and the book as a whole certainly contributes original material and important insights to the expanding field of youth studies. (Fran Markowitz, Slavic Review, 2017) Author InformationMatthias Schwartz is a Research Associate at the Centre for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin, Germany. His research interests include the cultural history of Russian and Soviet adventure literature, science fiction and popular sciences; Eastern European youth cultures, memory cultures and cultures of affect; and contemporary literatures in a globalized world. Heike Winkel is a Research Fellow and lecturer at the Institute for East-European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include the Stalinist Soviet Union, contemporary Russian and Czech literature and culture with a focus on identity politics, mnemonic aspects of literature, and intersections of history and literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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