Preface : restoring theatre activism in Eastern and Central Europe / Diana Manole -- Introduction : the "other: theatre in the postcolonies of communism / Vessela S. Warner -- Contemporary Hungarian independent theatre / Andrea Tompa -- The center and the fringe : post-Soviet al…
"After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East Central European theatre was never the same. In the transition to a post-communist world, 'alternative theatre' found ways to grapple with political chaos, corruption, and aggressive implementation of a market economy. Three decad…
Revoluţia din 1989: învinşi şi învingători
Revoluţia din 1989: învinşi şi învingători
"While the collapse of communism in Russia was relatively peaceful, ethnic relations have been deteriorating since then. This deterioration poses a threat to the functioning of the Russian state and is a major obstacle to its future development. Analysing ethnic relations in the…
"While the collapse of communism in Russia was relatively peaceful, ethnic relations have been deteriorating since then. This deterioration poses a threat to the functioning of the Russian state and is a major obstacle to its future development. Analysing ethnic relations in the…
The break-up of the Soviet Union is a key event of the twentieth century. The 39th IIS congress in Yerevan 2009 focused on causes and consequences of this event and on shifts in the world order that followed in its wake. This volume is an effort to chart these developments in em…
Rethinking ethnography in Central Europe
Rethinking ethnography in Central Europe
This publication addresses the durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, the longest-lasting type of nondemocratic regime to emerge after World War I.