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Author : Mira Liehm,Antonín J. Liehm
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520041283
Author : Constantin Parvulescu
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253017659
An analysis of films produced in post-World War II Eastern Europe featuring the trope of the orphan, and the issues these characters addressed. Unlike the benevolent orphan found in Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid or the sentimentalized figure of Little Orphan Annie, the orphan in postwar Eastern European cinema takes on a more politically fraught role, embodying the tensions of individuals struggling to recover from war and grappling with an unknown future under Soviet rule. By exploring films produced in postwar Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Poland, Constantin Parvulescu traces the way in which cinema envisioned and debated the condition of the post-World War II subject and the “new man” of Soviet-style communism. In these films, the orphan becomes a cinematic trope that interrogates socialist visions of ideological institutionalization and re-education and stands as a silent critic of the system’s shortcomings or as a resilient spirit who has resisted capture by the political apparatus of the new state. “By using the trope of an orphan Constantin Parvulescu demonstrates how films made in countries such as Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania reflected on the specific problems affecting Eastern Europe after 1945, such as the loss of population, economic backwardness, the legacy of the Holocaust, while engaging in wider debates, especially the superiority of socialism over capitalism. Economically and elegantly written, it demonstrates that cinema produced in the periphery can be central to our understanding of films as ideological tools. This is one of the best books on Eastern European cinema ever written.” —Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire “Groundbreaking. . . . The author’s comparative, transnational perspective in chapters devoted to close textual analyses of each narrative demonstrates the value of reading film as a primary source for understanding the relationships among state power, intergenerational trauma, and revolutionary subjectivity. Parvulescu’s highly original portrayal of a landscape of parentless children evokes the trauma of war and the specificity of the socialist experiment in the former Eastern Bloc.” —Catherine Portuges, University of Massachusetts-Amherst “Parvulescu has taken a highly innovative approach to socialist and post-socialist cinema in the region, and one that is vividly illustrated by a superb selection of films.” —Studies in European Cinema
Author : Bryan Burns
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0838637221
Hungarian cinema began in cafes, and short films were projected at the Velence coffee-house in Budapest in the late 1890s. By 1912, a distinct film culture had formed in Hungary, which - unlike the imported American popular entertainment cinema - throughout its history has shown a commitment to the idea of film as art. This new book is a detailed historical, critical and appreciative account of the Hungarian cinema from its early days to the transforming 1990s, and provides an extended analysis of some 50 directors and their key films. It describes the ways in which the industry has developed, largely with the assistance of the state, especially since the Second World War, and shows how the Hungarian cinema has achieved an international success out of all proportion to its size, and despite the potential obstructions of language and culture. The author concludes with a survey of recent filmmaking activities, and a look towards the future in rapidly changing Eastern Europe. This book will appeal to all those interested in Hungarian and Eastern European film and history.
Author : P J Vanston
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838595692
After reluctantly being ‘rationalised’ from his Foreign Office job, Kevin Crump takes up a teaching position at Cambrian University, the most improved university in South Wales.
Author : Gerhard Hammerschmid,Steven Van de Walle,Rhys Andrews,Philippe Bezes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783475407
Based on a survey of more than 6700 top civil servants in 17 European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms in Europe from a uniquely comparative perspective. It examines and analyses empirical findings regarding the dynamics, major trends and tools of administrative reforms, with special focus on the diversity of top executives’ perceptions about the effects of those reforms.
Author : Zoltán Móser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6065560510
Author : Gregor Benton,Frank N. Pieke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349260966
The Chinese are among Europe's oldest immigrant communities, and are now, in several countries, among the biggest and, economically, the most powerful, drawing increasing interest from other ethnic minorities, governments, and researchers. This volume opens up and delineates this new field of European overseas Chinese studies, reporting on pioneering research on the Chinese in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, and exploring the networks, self-organizations, and migration patterns that are the fabric of the Chinese community in Europe, together with the issues of identity, language, integration, and community building that Chinese throughout the continent face.
Author : John Gooch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317393061
This book, originally published in 1980, is a study of the nature and purposes of peace-time military organization in Europe, and of the characteristics and outcome of the major wars fought during these years. It charts the rise of mass armies and the role of conscription as a socializing agent and a military instrument, as well as discussing the growing involvement of society in war both as agent and target of military activity, the mounting effort required of a society in order to ahcieve victory, culminating in the ‘Total War’ of 1939-45. Among other subjects explored are the development of war economies, the genesis and significance of war aims, the importance of social cohesion in modern war and the impact of technology.
Author : Uwe Backes,Patrick Moreau
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783647369228
The present work deals not only with the well-organized right extremism in modern Europe as well as with its function in proper political parties, but equally includes two additional, broader approaches: the militant branches and subcultures that exist, including some paramilitary phenomena in Eastern Europe; and the broad realm of their political ideas and cultural trends and the influence they exert on European political culture.
Author : J. M. Coles,A. F. Harding
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317605997
This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during the Bronze Age, the time span between c. 2000 and 700 BC. It was a period of remarkable innovation, seen for instance in the development and growth of metallurgy as a major industry, the spread of trading contacts, the origins of urbanism and the beginnings of social stratification. The study is divided chronologically into two, the earlier and later Bronze Age, giving a clear picture of the nature of the radical changes which occurred in the period as a whole. The geographical area covered, from the Atlantic shores across Europe into the Soviet Union and from northern Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, is too vast to be taken as one unit, and has been broken down into five regions; each is discussed in terms of settlement form, burial practices, ritual and religious sites, material culture, economic and social background, and trading patterns. The book describes and develops common themes that link together the different areas and cultural groups, rather than taking the typographical approach often adopted by Bronze Age specialists, and uses the results of radiocarbon dating to establish an objective chronology for the period. The text is generously illustrated and fully documented with radiocarbon dating tables and extensive bibliography. Our understanding of Bronze Age Europe is still increasing, but no other book of this scope had been written before this, in 1979. It is a major study of its time of interest to anyone looking beyond popular accounts of the day.
Author : S. Haedicke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137291837
Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that enables the public to rehearse democratic practices.
Author : Roxanne Christine Neely
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781514481707
Roxanne Christine Neely Ms. Neely is a 2012 graduate of California State UniversityEast Bay with a BA in International Studies and TEFL. Roxy is widely traveled. She is fluent in English and Farsi. She is also studying Hebrew and Arabic. Roxys Travels: Austria - Canada - Costa Rica - Czech Republic Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany Holland - Hungary - Israel - Italy - Lebanon Mexico - Norway - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden Tajikistan - Turkey - Venezuela -------------------------------------------- Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, DC, Southwestern United States including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska. The Roxy Traveling Light Series Roxy Traveling Light: A Journal of Personal Growth Roxy Traveling Light: Dushanbe, Tajikistan Roxy Traveling Light: Europe Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
Author : Hartmut Kaelble
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845456436
Since 1945 Europe has experienced many periods of turmoil and conflict and as many moments of peace and integration: from the devastation felt in the aftermath of World War II to the recovery in the 1950s and 1960s; to the new challenges in the 1970s and 1980s when neoliberal policies led to fundamental social and economic changes, marked by the effects of the oil shock and widespread unemployment; and then 1989 and after when the existing world order experienced new convulsions. In this brilliant and comprehensive work, the author, one of the best known social historians of Europe, discusses a wide range of subjects, not shying away from controversial topics: family structure, work, consumption, values, migration, inequality, elites, civil society, social movements, media, welfare state, education, and urban policies. He focuses on the fundamental changes European societies underwent in the second half of the twentieth century but also explores what divides Europeans, what unites them, and what sets them apart from the rest of the world. This major historical work will be an important and highly sought-after addition for library collections as well as an important volume for course adoptions.
Author : Natalia Waechter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351206495
Numerous historical and political processes and dynamics have led to the emergence of ethnic minority groups in Central and Eastern Europe, each with its own long history and identity. The breakdown of the Soviet regime, the establishment of new nation-states, and the Eastern enlargement of the European Union have raised new questions for these ethnic groups, questions regarding their feelings of belonging and the main elements of their identity. In contrast to the common assumption that ethnic identities have become prevalent having been suppressed for a long time, this book provides empirical evidence that ethnic minorities typically relate to both their ethnic identity and to the national identity of their country of residence. The contributions reveal that the development and maintenance of ethnic, national and European identities are linked to the socio-economic situation and possible benefits for individuals, their countries, or their specific ethnic minority group. The book also highlights that national and European politics may contribute to ethnic and European identification, particularly in the fields of minority rights (e.g. language rights, voting rights) and integration policies. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Identities journal.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Europe
ISBN : WISC:89055046080