Repression and Resistance. Women Remembering their Daily Life in Romanian Communist Prisons
Repression and Resistance. Women Remembering their Daily Life in Romanian Communist Prisons
Author(s): Claudia Florentina DobreSubject(s): History
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: Communist repression; women’s agency; everyday life; prison; postcommunist discourse
Summary/Abstract: The everyday life in a communist prison was characterized by terror, repression, harsh living conditions. Nevertheless, women, former political detainees, struggled to overcome all the difficulties in order to survive and to tell their story. This is the story of their faith in their victory over unfortunate and unpredictable historical events.
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 39-50
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
