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Occupation and communism in Eastern European museums, re-visualizing the recent past, edited by Constantin Iordachi and Péter Apor

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Occupation and communism in Eastern European museums

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edited by Constantin Iordachi and Péter Apor

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re-visualizing the recent past

"This volume offers fresh perspectives on the representation of the recent past in museums of the Second World War and of communism in post-communist Eastern Europe. It does so against the background of recent European-wide debates on history, memory and politics. The contributors from across Europe focus comparatively on a wide variety of case studies, pointing out similarities and differences, and accounting for transnational patterns of remembrance at regional and European level. Occupation and Communism in Eastern European Museums argues that museums have a huge influence on the image of the communist past in Eastern Europe. It shows how they use a vast array of media tools, visual tactics and commercial strategies in order to substantiate ideological approaches to the past and to shape the attitude of public opinion"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction. Studying museums of communism : recent trends and perspectives / Constantin Iordachi and Péter Apor -- 'Remembering' versus 'condemning' communism : politics of history and 'wars on memory' in East European museums / Constantin Iordachi -- From museum as memorial to memory museum : on the transformation of the Estonian Museum of Occupations / Ene Kõresaar and Kirsti Jõesalu -- Institutional narratives of communism in Slovakia : substituting the non-existence of the Official Museum of Communism / Martin Kovanic -- Tackling the past in Poland : museifying World War II / Maud Guichard-Marneur -- (Re)constructing the past : museums in post-communist Croatia / Vjeran Pavlakovič -- The "display" of communism in Germany / Irmgard Zündorf -- Remembering the GDR / Martin Sabrow -- Discussing the past, or airing the depots : refashioning exhibitions of socialism in Serbia / Olga Manojlović-Pintar and Aleksandar Ignjatović -- Life and death of the communist object in post-communist Romanian museums / Simina Bădică -- Boundary objects of communism : assembling the Soviet past in museums and public spaces / Eglė Rindzevičiutė -- Canons of civilization and experiments of spectacle : exhibiting contemporary history in Hungary / Péter Apor -- Museums of socialism from below : local representations of the socialist past in contemporary Bulgaria / Rossitza Guentcheva -- Conclusion. Memorializing recent 'pasts' in Eastern Europe : comparative perspectives / Constantin Iordachi and Péter Apor