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OverviewScholars of state socialism have frequently invoked nostalgia to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a retro fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching our understanding of not only the nation's memory culture, but also the ways in which popular culture can structure collective memory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Veronika PehePublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 2 ISBN: 9781789206289ISBN 10: 1789206286 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 03 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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 ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Returning to the Past Chapter 1. Painting the Past Black and White: Czech Anticommunism after 1989 Chapter 2. The Past as Comedy: Representing Socialism in the 1990s Chapter 3. The Late 1990s: Contesting the Past through Popular Culture Chapter 4. Petty Heroism: Nostalgia for Resistance Chapter 5. The Politics and Aesthetics of Retro Chapter 6. Changing Memory Landscapes in the 2000s Conclusion: Socialism Remembered Bibliography IndexReviewsVelvet Retro draws surprising and illuminating connections between various aspects of postsocialist culture and politics. It innovatively combines the history of popular culture, film and literary studies, memory studies, and comparative nationalism to establish a novel connection between retro aesthetics and postsocialist political culture. * Pavel Kolar, University of Konstanz A wide-ranging record of the cultural causes celebres in the Czech Republic since the fall of Communism, this book studies what they show about how Czech artistic and media elites and the general public have chosen to commemorate the Communist period. It usefully resonates with the perceived disconnect-currently widespread internationally-between a metropolitan elite and the masses. * Rajendra Chitnis, University College, Oxford A wide-ranging record of the cultural causes celebres in the Czech Republic since the fall of Communism, this book studies what they show about how Czech artistic and media elites and the general public have chosen to commemorate the Communist period. It usefully resonates with the perceived disconnect-currently widespread internationally-between a metropolitan elite and the masses. Rajendra Chitnis, University of Bristol [The volume] constitutes a highly valuable contribution to the literature on the memory of the socialist past and the elements of nostalgia and retro in this memory. It also offers a new, more reflective, analytical reading of nostalgia by introducing an analytical understanding of 'retro' and the 'remains of socialism'. * H-Soz-Kult Velvet Retro draws surprising and illuminating connections between various aspects of postsocialist culture and politics. It innovatively combines the history of popular culture, film and literary studies, memory studies, and comparative nationalism to establish a novel connection between retro aesthetics and postsocialist political culture. * Pavel Kolar, University of Konstanz A wide-ranging record of the cultural causes celebres in the Czech Republic since the fall of Communism, this book studies what they show about how Czech artistic and media elites and the general public have chosen to commemorate the Communist period. It usefully resonates with the perceived disconnect-currently widespread internationally-between a metropolitan elite and the masses. * Rajendra Chitnis, University College, Oxford Author InformationVeronika Pehe is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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