Symbolic traces of communist legacy in post-socialist Hungary : experiences of a generation that lived during the socialist era /
by Lisa Pope Fischer.
- 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations.
- Central and Eastern Europe ; 7 .
- Central and Eastern Europe (Leiden, Netherlands) ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "A ghost in the city": reinterpretations of communist past in post-socialist Hungary -- Globalized bonds: gift exchange, liminality, and embodiment -- Renegotiating procurement strategies: elderly women applying procurement strategies of the socialist era to the post-socialist condition -- Reclaiming folklore after communist era oppression: peasant folklore of the past asserted in the present -- Culture of communist past within the healthcare system: reorganizing healthcare and a mystification of the body -- "The kitschification of communist material culture: politics reinterpreted" -- Afterword : re-interpretation of social change: "I am not political".
9789004328648 (e-book)
Post-communism--Social aspects--Hungary. Communism and culture--Hungary. Hungarians--Social life and customs. Hungarians--Social conditions--21st century. Older people--Social conditions--Hungary--21st century.