Public and the Private in Communist Romania: The Retrospective of a Dynamic Dichotomy Twenty Years after the Demise of the Communist Regime
Public and the Private in Communist Romania: The Retrospective of a Dynamic Dichotomy Twenty Years after the Demise of the Communist Regime
Author(s): Maria Mateoniu-MicuSubject(s): History
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: public – private; adaptation; resistance; compromise; approachment – reapproachment
Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the dynamic relationship between the public and the private in the Romanian rural world during the communist period. The analysis is based on oral interviews with persons comprising various age groups and diverse socio-professional categories. The data was gathered during an anthropological research project on communism undertaken between 2011-2012 by the Romanian National Peasant Museum.
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 51-68
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English