Samizdat, tamizdat, and beyond : transnational media during and after socialism /

In many ways what is identified today as "cultural globalization" in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of samizdat ("do-it-yourself" underground publishing) and tamizdat (publishing abroad). This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed bet...

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Other Authors: Kind-Kovács, Friederike, 1978- (Editor), Labov, Jessie (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015
Series:Studies in contemporary European history ; 13.
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Summary:In many ways what is identified today as "cultural globalization" in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of samizdat ("do-it-yourself" underground publishing) and tamizdat (publishing abroad). This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed between East and West during the Cold War, as well as the much broader circulation of cultural products instigated and sustained by these practices. By expanding the definitions of samizdat and tamizdat from explicitly political, print publications to include other forms and genres.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
ISBN:9780857455864
0857455869
1299777341
9781299777347
0857455850
9780857455857
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (Jstor, viewed on June 18, 2015).