Postsocialist Europe

Anthropological Perspectives from Home
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-85745-157-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Reihe: EASA Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kürti, László

Skalník, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of llustrations

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction: Postsocialist Europe and the Anthropological Perspective from Home

László Kürti and Peter Skalník

Chapter 2. Gender and Governance in Rural Communities of Postsocialist Slovakia

Alexandra Bitušíková and Katarína Koštialová

Chapter 3. Property Relations, Class, and Labour in Rural Poland

Michal Buchowski

Chapter 4. Migs and Cadres on the Move: Thoughts on the Mimetic Dimensions of Postsocialism

Hana Cervinková

Chapter 5. Diasporas Coming Home. Identity and Uncertainty of Transnational Returnees in Postcommunist Lithuania

Vytis Ciubrinskas

Chapter 6. A Rainbow Flag Against the Krakow Dragon. Polish Responses to the Gay and Lesbian Movement

Grazyna Kubica

Chapter 7. Olivia’s Story: Capitalism and Rabbit Farming in Hungary

László Kürti

Chapter 8. Punk Anthropology: From a Study of a Local Slovene Alternative Rock Scene towards Partisan Scholarship

Rajko Muršic

Chapter 9. Being Locked Out and Locked In: The Culture of Homelessness in Hungary

Terézia Nagy

Chapter 10. Political Anthropology of the Postcommunist Czech Republic: Local–National and Rural–Urban Scenes

Peter Skalník

Chapter 11. Comparative Cultural Aspects of Work in Multinational Enterprises

Gabriel-Ionut Stoiciu

Chapter 12. Immigrants from Ukraine in the Czech Republic: Foreigners in the Border Zone

Zdenek Uherek

Chapter 13. Afterword – Under the Aegis of Anthropology: Blazing New Trails

Christian Giordano

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kürti, László
László Kürti has taught anthropology at the American University, and Eötvös University in Budapest, and presently teaches at the University of Miskolc. He has conducted fieldwork in the US, Romania and Hungary. His books include: Beyond Borders (1996, co-edited with J. Langman), The Remote Borderland (2001), Youth and the State in Hungary (2002), and he served as co-editor for Working Images (2004).

Skalník, Peter
Peter Skalník currently teaches social anthropology at the University of Pardubice. He was the Czech ambassador to Lebanon (1992–1997). He has edited or co-edited: The Early Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski (1993), The Post-communist Millennium: The Struggles for Sociocultural Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe (2002), Anthropology of Europe: Teaching and Research (2004), Studying Peoples in the People’s Democracies: Socialist Era Anthropology in East-Central Europe (2005).

Peter Skalník currently teaches social anthropology at the University of Pardubice. He was the Czech ambassador to Lebanon (1992–1997). He has edited or co-edited: The Early Writings of Bronislaw Malinowski (1993), The Post-communist Millennium: The Struggles for Sociocultural Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe (2002), Anthropology of Europe: Teaching and Research (2004), Studying Peoples in the People’s Democracies: Socialist Era Anthropology in East-Central Europe (2005).