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Deema Kaneff - Who Owns the Past? - 9781571815347 - V9781571815347
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Who Owns the Past?

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Description for Who Owns the Past? Hardback. In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe, time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and unofficial pasts - history, folklore, and tradition - and shows how they "fit" together.. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .

In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe, time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and unofficial pasts - history, folklore, and tradition - and shows how they "fit" together in everyday life. During the socialist period, the past was a central dimension of local politics and village identity. Post-socialist development has demanded a revaluation of temporality - as well as public and private space. This has led to fundamental changes in social life ... Read more

While the full implications of this process are still being played out, this study underlines some of the fundamental processes prevalent across eastern Europe that help explain widespread ambiguity vis-B-vis post-socialist reform.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571815347
SKU
V9781571815347
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Ref
99-15

About Deema Kaneff
Deema Kaneff is reader in Social Anthropology at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Birmighnam.

Reviews for Who Owns the Past?
“It is an intelligent idea to look at society in terms of competing renditions of the past, and this can be rewarding for studies of other than socialist societies...The book demonstrates the significance of meaning for state formation.”  ·  Focaal ”…the book is an intelligent reading of rural socialist Bulgaria; it demonstrates the significance of meaning for state formation ... Read more

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