Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity (eBook)

The Urban Redesign of Ljubljana’s Beloved Trnovo Neighborhood, 1951–1989

Veronica E. Aplenc (Autor)

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2023
228 Seiten
Purdue University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61249-814-0 (ISBN)

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After the Second World War, Yugoslavia's small regional cities represented a challenge for the new socialist state. These cities' older buildings, local historic sites, and low-quality housing clashed with socialism's promises and ideals. How would the state transform these cities' everyday neighborhoods? In the Slovene republic's capital city of Ljubljana, the Trnovo neighborhood embodied this challenge through its modest housing, small medieval section, vast gardens, acclaimed interwar architecture, and iconic local reputation. Imagining Slovene Socialist Modernity explores how urban planners, architects, historic preservationists, neighborhood residents, and even folklorists transformed this beloved neighborhood into a Slovene socialist city district. Aplenc demonstrates that this urban redesign centered on republic-level interpretations of a Yugoslav socialist built environment, versus a re-envisioned Slovene national past or design style. This interdisciplinary study sheds light on how Yugoslav state socialism operated at the republic level, within a decentralized system, and on the diverse forces behind success or failure. With its focus on vernacular architecture, small-scale historic sites, single-family homes, and illegal housing, this book expands our understanding of the everyday built environment in socialist cities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Central European Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Central European Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Architect • Architectural History • Architecture • Built Environment • Central Europe • city planning • Eastern Europe • Folklore • hapsburg empire • historic preservation • historic preservation history • Modernity • neighborhood development • politics of architecture • politics of culture • Russia • Socialism • Socialist city • urban planning • urban planning history • USSR • Vernacular architecture • Yugoslavia
• ISBN-10: 1-61249-814-0 / 1612498140
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61249-814-0 / 9781612498140