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Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture

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"Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked "nostalgia" to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a "retro" fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching ...

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Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture 2023, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781805391401

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Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics of Heroism in Czech Popular Culture 2020, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781789206289

Hardcover