Rumours for interpreting and foreseeing. A case study on a Hungarian micro-region: Jászság, 1948-1955
Rumours for interpreting and foreseeing. A case study on a Hungarian micro-region: Jászság, 1948-1955
Author(s): Gabor CsikosSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Hungary; Jászság; Local History; History of Communism; Social History; Mentalities; Rumors;
Summary/Abstract: The following study focuses rumours spreading in a Hungarian micro-region, Jászság in the decade when the dictatorship of the proletariat was built up. It attempts to reveal both directions of rumours: the official that targeted people and the informal that served to interpret events like elections, centralization of the education, possible war scenarios and collectivization.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXVI/2018
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 123-133
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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