Heritage under Socialism

Preservation in Eastern and Central Europe, 1945–1991

Eszter Gantner, Corinne Geering, Paul Vickers (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

254 Seiten

2021
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-227-8 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and its trajectories in post-socialist preservation practices, thus providing new perspectives on the way heritage has been shaped in the recent past.

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.

Eszter Gantner (1971–2019) was a research fellow and project coordinator at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg, Germany, from 2013 to 2019. She published widely on heritage, the urban history of East Central Europe, and Jewish history.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Heritage Under Socialism: Trajectories of Preserving the Tangible Past in Postwar Eastern and Central Europe

Corinne Geering and Paul Vickers

Part I: Transfers and Exchanges in Heritage Policies and Practices

Chapter 1. The Past Belongs to the Future: Heritage in Soviet Policymaking on Cultural Development

Corinne Geering

Chapter 2. International Experts – National Martyrdom – Socialist Heritage: The Contribution of the Polish People’s Republic to the Early UNESCO World Heritage Program

Julia Röttjer

Chapter 3. International Tourism and the Making of the National Heritage Canon in Late Soviet Ukraine, 1964–1991

Iryna Sklokina

Chapter 4. International Contacts and Cooperation in Heritage Preservation in Soviet Estonia, 1960–1990

Karin Hallas-Murula and Kaarel Truu

Part II: Canonizing and Contesting the Past: Heritage, Place and Belonging under Socialism

Chapter 5. Socialist Royalty? The Ambiguities of the Reconstruction of the Royal Residence in Budapest in the 1950s

Eszter Gantner

Chapter 6. Justifying Demolition, Questioning Value: Urban Typologies and the Concept of the “Historic Town” in 1960s Romania

Liliana Iuga

Chapter 7. Making Sense of Socialism through Heritage Preservation: Stories from Northwest Bohemia

Čeněk Pýcha

Chapter 8. Socialism and the Rise of Industrial Heritage: The Preservation of Industrial Monuments in the German Democratic Republic

Nele-Hendrikje Lehmann

Conclusion: Transnational Heritage Networks in Socialist Eastern and Central Europe

Corinne Geering

Erscheinungsdatum	30.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-80073-227-9 / 1800732279
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-227-8 / 9781800732278
Zustand	Neuware