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Samizdat, Tamizdat, and Beyond: Transnational Media During and After Socialism

Samizdat, Tamizdat, and Beyond: Transnational Media During and After Socialism

Kind-Kovács, Friederike
Labov, Jessie

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Contemporary European History, Book 13

Eastern European HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0857455850
ISBN13: 9780857455857
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Mar 1 2013
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.24 Depth: 9.33
Language: English

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, this volume investigates the wider cultural sphere of alternative and semi-official texts, broadcast media, reproductions of visual art and music, and, in the post-1989 period, new media. The underground circulation of uncensored texts in the Cold War era serves as a useful foundation for comparison when looking at current examples of censorship, independent media, and the use of new media in countries like China, Iran, and the former Yugoslavia.

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