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Samizdat, tamizdat, and beyond

Friederike Kind-Kovács, Jessie Labov · 2012

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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.

Book details

Year
2012
Language
English
Series
Studies in contemporary European history -- 13
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Editions
3
Pages
366
ISBN
9780857455857

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