American Representations of Post-Communism - Television, Travel Sites, and Post-Cold War Narratives

Using an understudied archive of American news broadcasts, and tracing their flashes and echoes through travel guides and narratives of return written by Eastern European-Americans, this book explores American ways of seeing and mapping communism's disintegration and the narratives articulated around post-communist sites and subjects.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Disintegrating Communism: The Normative Site of the Berlin Wall 2. Accessing the Romanian Revolution: Romania's Journey from Fringe Zone to Symptomatic Site 3. On-site Encounters and Overexposed Sites: Post-communist Televisual Romania 4. Desiring, Mapping and Naming Eastern Europe: The Discourse of Travel Guides 5. With Different Eyes? Self-Seeing and Mapping in Narratives of Return Conclusions

About the author

Andaluna Borcila is Associate Professor of Comparative Cultures and Politics and Humanities, Culture and Writing at James Madison College, Michigan State University, USA.

Summary

Using an understudied archive of American news broadcasts, and tracing their flashes and echoes through travel guides and narratives of return written by Eastern European-Americans, this book explores American ways of seeing and mapping communism’s disintegration and the narratives articulated around post-communist sites and subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Andaluna Borcila, Borcila Andaluna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2018
• EAN: 9781138548381
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54838-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Cultural Studies, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, TRAVEL / Europe / Eastern, Press & journalism, Politics & government, Sports & outdoor recreation, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, The Americas, News media and journalism, Regional Geography, Transport: general interest, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Literature: history and criticism, The Cold War, Tourism industry, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Retail and wholesale industries, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern