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THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN 1968ERS
THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN 1968ERS

Author(s): Adrian George Matus
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: '68er generation; hippie; Eastern European counterculture; dissent

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the Romanian and Hungarian youth of the late 1960s. More specifically, it aims at understanding how their childhood experiences differed from those of their counterparts in the West and even in other Soviet Bloc countries, and how this influenced their tactics of opposition. The oral history interviews present a more complex picture than one of a simple generation gap between the 1968ers and their parents. In some cases, the former challenge the authority of their parents, while in others they continue their struggle.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 70-103
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: English
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