Remains of the Soviet past in Estonia an anthropology of forgetting, repair and urban traces
What happens to legacies that do not find any continuation? In Estonia, a new generation that does not remember the socialist era and is open to global influences has grown up. As a result, the impact of the Soviet memory in people's conventional values is losing its effective power, allowing f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
UCL Press
2018, 2018
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Intro; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Epigraphs; Preface: Departure and Arrival; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; Introduction: The politics of the old; 1. The past as a rotting place; 2. Reframing the Soviet inheritance through repair; 3. Anything works, one just needs the right adaptor; 4. Spending time with buildings; 5. Tallinn 2017 chronotope; 6. Narva, a centre out there; 7. A memory-constructing space in Tartu; 8. Children of the New East; Conclusion: The past is not what it used to be; Epilogue: A global Subbotnik; Notes; References; Index