| When the World Turned Upside-Down: Cultural Representations of Post-1989 Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Starck, Kathleen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1443805521 ISBN-13: 9781443805520 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $58.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2010398421 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.2" (0.79 lbs) 135 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays explores post-1989 Western perceptions of Eastern Europe and how these manifest themselves in cultural representations. It starts out from findings in the academic field of post-socialism, claiming that Easterners and Westerners are still very much under the influence of the socialisation they underwent during the Cold War and its aftermath. As a consequence, the revolutions of 1989 and 1990 and the subsequent opportunities for exchange did not necessarily bring about a reconciliation of the different worldviews. It seems the East-West divide has not simply vanished with the collapse of socialism. The essays included in this book examine in how far the divide is mirrored in the cultural arena. They focus on portrayals of post-1989 Eastern European political and social transformations in Western poetry, fiction, travel writing, autobiography, theatre and documentaries and investigate the West's fascination with the Wild East and how outsiders view or have experienced Eastern life after the iron curtain was lifted. |