{"product_id":"occupation-and-communism-in-eastern-european-museums-re-visualizing-the-recent-past-paperback","title":"Occupation and Communism in Eastern European Museums: Re-Visualizing the Recent Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePéter Apor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccupation and Communism in Eastern European Museums\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstantin Iordachi \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the History Department at Central European University, Hungary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiberalism, Constitutional Nationalism and Minorities: The Making of Romanian Citizenship, c. 1750-1918 \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and editor of\u003ci\u003e Comparative Fascist Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2009). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePéter Apor\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Fellow at the Institute of History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary: The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism \u003c\/i\u003e(2014).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157593428103,"sku":"9781350266421","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/97628e7b7a6c5e4062ba3261d2935ef5.webp?v=1733252089","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/occupation-and-communism-in-eastern-european-museums-re-visualizing-the-recent-past-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}