ZWISCHEN FIKTION UND FIKTIONALISIERUNG: DIE AUSHANDLUNG DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN VERGANGENHEIT DURCH MEDIEN UND INSTITUTIONEN DES KOLLEKTIVEN GEDÄCHTNISSES
BETWEEN FICTION AND FICTIONALIZATION: NEGOTIATING THE COMMUNIST PAST THROUGH MEDIA AND INSTITUTIONS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY

Summary/Abstract: Romania lags behind other Central and Eastern European countries in dealing with the communist dictatorship. The political continuity after 1989 prevented any negotiation of the past, leading to a „bottom-up“ understanding based on myths and fictionalized narratives, which often increased conflicts between the civil society and the political elites. These aspects are still considered to be a flaw in terms of political culture. This paper argues about the emergence of different types of media and institutions of collective memory – with focus on the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS) - about the way they challenge the negotiation of the communist past, their reception by the public as well as about their influence on political discourses.

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