Small Comrades as Historians and Ethnographers: Performativity, Agency, and the Socialist Pedagogy of Citizenship in Ceaușescu's Romania, 1969–1989
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DOI: 10.1017/slr.2019.9
Abstract: Beginning with the state's successful promotion of purposeful and patriotic tourism for children in Ceaușescu's Romania, this article argues that we should move beyond traditional representations of the relationship between citizens and the socialist state… read more here.
Keywords: ceau escu; pedagogy citizenship; socialist pedagogy; escu romania ... See more keywords
The Limits of the Romanian Open Cultural Policy in the 1970s – The American Case
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DOI: 10.1080/17561310.2024.2438606
Abstract: Abstract This essay examines Romania’s strategic cultural policy under Nicolae Ceaușescu during the 1970s. It analyzes how cultural openness was used to access Western, particularly American, technology despite the political risks involved. The initial relaxation… read more here.
Keywords: cultural policy; limits romanian; ceau escu; policy ... See more keywords
Finding the Enemy: Ethnicized State Violence and Population Control in Ceaușescu's Romania
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DOI: 10.1162/jcws_a_00766
Abstract: State violence as a complex system of ideological prescriptions, normative values, and everyday practices has been emerging as a major topic in the study of Soviet-type regimes. Overcoming the Cold War preoccupation with the totalitarian… read more here.
Keywords: violence; ceau escu; state violence; escu romania ... See more keywords