„Пост-социалистически” идентичности – трансформации и репрезентации: сравнителни паралели между България и Румъния
“Post-Socialist” Identities – Transformations and Representations: Comparative Parallels between Bulgaria and Romania

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the transformations occurring with the representations of the recent past in monuments and museums in Bulgaria and Romania after 1989. On the basis of diverse examples of monuments and museums in the two countries, it outlines their different approaches to representing the socialist times and the problematic restructuring of collective identities during the times of ‘transition.’ Special attention is paid on the challenges faced in the two countries with interpreting the forms inherited from the socialist period and on the difficulties to construe new monumental and museum representations in a post-socialist perspective. Tracing the diverse public debates surrounding the changes in monuments and museums, the text analyzes how the representation of the recent past influences the historical narration in a ‘post-socialist mode’ and how this intertwines closely with coining of ‘post-socialist identities’ after the changes of 1989. In such a way, aside from comparing the two countries with regards to their monument and museum policies, the article enables to view the interrelation between political transformation, historical representation, and identity politics.

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