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Communism Unwrapped

By Bren

Communism Unwrapped

By Bren

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Communism Unwrapped is a collection of essays that unwraps the complex world of consumption under communism in postwar Eastern Europe, featuring new work by both American and European scholars writing from variety of disciplinary perspectives. The result is a fresh look at everyday life under communism that explores the ways people shopped, ate, drank, smoked, cooked, acquired, exchanged and assessed goods. These phenomena, the editors argue, were central to the way that communism was lived and experienced in its widely varied contexts in the region. Consumption pervaded everyday life far more than most other political and social phenomena. From design, to production, to retail sales and black market exchange, Communism Unwrapped follows communist goods from producer to consumer, tracing their circuitous routes. In the communist world this journey was rife with its own meanings, shaped by the special political and social circumstances of these societies. In examining consumption behind the Iron Curtain, this volume builds on a new field of study. It brings dimension and nuance to our understanding of the communist period and a new perspective to our current analyses of consumerism.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
430
Release Date:
2012-09-06
Publication Date:
2019-11-19
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199827656
ISBN13:
9780199827657
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
807 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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