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Past for the Eyes

How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today's Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes. After history "ended" in the Eastern Bloc in 198...

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Main Author: Oksana Sarkisova, Péter Apor (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Central European University Press 2008
Subjects:
Painting & paintings
archives
post-1989 Bulgaria
Czech cinema
Hungarian cinema
World War I
Russian cinema
post-communist period
motion pictures
Central Europe
documentary film
Balkan wars
museums
post-1989
culture
picturing
Yugoslav cinema
Southeastern Europe
communism
Polish cinema
World War II
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Summary:How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today's Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes. After history "ended" in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, museums and other memorials mushroomed all over the region. These efforts tried both to explain the meaning of this lost history, as well as to shape public opinion on their society's shared post-war heritage...
ISBN:9789639776036
9786155211430
Access:Open Access

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