Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe

Zusatztext 'The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe! brought about in close collaboration between academic scholars and diplomats committed to advancing intercultural dialogue! will make a significant contribution' - Katalin Bogyay! President of the General Conference of UNESCO and Hungary's Ambassador to UNESCO Informationen zum Autor Peter I. Barta is Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Surrey, UK Foreword writer Katalin Bogyay is President of the General Conference of UNESCO and Hungary's Ambassador to UNESCO. In 1999 she founded the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London and served as its director between 1999 and 2005. Klappentext The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Zusammenfassung The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history.  This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword New Paradigms in Changing Spaces: An Introduction 1. The Wall Has Fallen on All of Us 2. Twenty Years after the Curtain Fell A Personal Account by an Austrian 3. The Rediscovery of Central Europe in the 1980s 4. Gulfs and Gaps--Prague and Lisbon--1989 and 2009 5. Borders in Mind or How to Re-invent Identities 6. The Iron Curtain, The Wall and Performative ‘Verfremdung’ 7. The Re-Emergence of National Cultures Following Independence in the Baltic States 8. Explosions, Shifts and Backtracking in Post-Soviet Fiction 9. Neither East Nor West: Polyphony and Deterritorialization in Contemporary European Fiction 10. The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the New Linguistic Landscape of East-Central Europe

Product details

• Authors: Peter I. Barta, Peter (University of Surrey I. Barta
• Assisted by: Peter I. Barta (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9780415592376
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59237-6
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Cultural Studies, Eastern Europe, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Central Europe, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern