Overview

In The Land of Weddings and Rain, Gediminas Lankauskas examines the components of the contemporary urban wedding - religious and civil ceremonies, ""traditional"" imagery and practices, and the conspicuous consumption of domestic and imported goods - in the context of the Western-style modernization of post-socialist Lithuania. Studying the tensions between ""tradition"" and ""modernity"" that surround this important ritual event, Lankauskas highlights the ways in which nationalism serves to negotiate the impact of modernity in the aftermath of state socialism's collapse. His analysis also shows the importance of consumption and commodification to Lithuania's ongoing ""Westernization."" Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Land of Weddings and Rain is a fascinating account of the tensions - between national and transnational, East and West, and old and new - that shape life in post-socialist Eastern Europe.

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Author:   Gediminas Lankauskas
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781442644175

ISBN 10:   1442644176
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   09 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Soviet Propaganda and Nationalist Reappropriation 2. Exigencies of Tradition 3. Catholic Enchantment and Discontent 4. Time-Spaces of a Reordered City 5. “Until You Grope the Ground”: Food, Drink, and Modern Things Post-Socialist Scriptum Glossary of Frequently Cited Words and Phrases

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'This book delivers to the reader a good ethnographic study of the modern urban wedding rituals in Lithuania.... It also provides reader with a solid grounding in the life cycle rituals of Lithuanian wedding, in addition to giving the reader a glimpse into the way one former Soviet republic has dealt with and moved away from its Soviet past.' - Meghan Murphy-Lee - Slavic & East European Journal vol 61:02:2017

`This book delivers to the reader a good ethnographic study of the modern urban wedding rituals in Lithuania.... It also provides reader with a solid grounding in the life cycle rituals of Lithuanian wedding, in addition to giving the reader a glimpse into the way one former Soviet republic has dealt with and moved away from its Soviet past.' -- Meghan Murphy-Lee * Slavic & East European Journal vol 61:02:2017 *

Author Information

Gediminas Lankauskas is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Regina.

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