Postsocialist Europe : : Anthropological Perspectives from Home / / ed. by Peter Skalník, László Kürti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bitušíková, Alexandra,; Buchowski, Michał,; Giordano, Christian,; Koštialová, Katarína,; Kubica, Grażyna,; Kürti, László,; Muršič, Rajko,; Nagy, Terézia,; Skalník, Peter,; Stoiciu, Gabriel-Ionut,; Uherek, Zdeněk,; Červinková, Hana,; Čiubrinskas, Vytis,
• HerausgeberIn: Kürti, László,; Skalník, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: EASA Series ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; Chapter 1 Introduction: Postsocialist Europe and the Anthropological Perspective from Home --; Chapter 2 Gender and Governance in Rural Communities of Postsocialist Slovakia --; Chapter 3 Property Relations, Class, and Labour in Rural Poland --; Chapter 4 Migs and Cadres on the Move: Thoughts on the Mimetic Dimensions of Postsocialism --; Chapter 5 Diasporas Coming Home Identity and Uncertainty of Transnational Returnees in Postcommunist Lithuania --; Chapter 6 A Rainbow Flag against the Krakow Dragon: Polish Responses to the Gay and Lesbian Movement --; Chapter 7 Olivia’s Story: Capitalism and Rabbit Farming in Hungary --; Chapter 8 Punk Anthropology: From a Study of a Local Slovene Alternative Rock Scene towards Partisan Scholarship --; Chapter 9 Being Locked Out and Locked In The Culture of Homelessness in Hungary --; Chapter 10 Political Anthropology of the Postcommunist Czech Republic: Local–National and Rural–Urban Scenes --; Chapter 11 Comparative Cultural Aspects of Work in Multinational Enterprises --; Chapter 12 Immigrants from Ukraine in the Czech Republic: Foreigners in the Border Zone --; Chapter 13 Afterword – Under the Aegis of Anthropology: Blazing New Trails --; Notes on Contributors --; Name Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845459468; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781845459468
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter Skalník, László Kürti.

Now that nearly twenty years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet bloc there is a need to understand what has taken place since that historic date and where we are at the moment. Bringing together authors with different historical, cultural, regional and theoretical backgrounds, this volume engages in debates that address new questions arising from recent developments, such as whether there is a need to reject or uphold the notion of post-socialism as both a necessary and valid concept ignoring changes and differences across both time and space. The authors’ firsthand ethnographies from their own countries belie such a simplistic notion, revealing, as they do, the cultural, social, and historical diversity of countries of Central and Southeastern Europe.