Beschreibung:
Through ethnographic essays and short stories based on her experiences in Eastern Europe between 1989 and 2009, Kristen Ghodsee explains why many Eastern Europeans are nostalgic for the communist past.
Preface. Echoes Off the Iron Curtain ixAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction. The Road to Bulgaria, 1983-1990 11. Contraband, 1990 212. Kaloyan and Hristo, 1998 373. Her Lover in Cuba, 1999 474. Hair: Ethnographic Fiction 615. Shopaholic in Eastern Europe, 1998-2006 836. Carpets for Kilims, 1999 937. Comrades, 2107 1018. Petar Hails a Cab: Ethnographic Fiction 1079. Bassets in the Balkans, 2005 11710. The Master of Conspiracies, 2005 12311. An Explosion of Sofia, 2008 13112. Coffee: Ethnographic Fiction 14313. Kaloyan in Maine, 2009 15114. Tito Trivia: Ethnographic Fiction 15515. Pilgrims from Sofia to Zagreb, 2009 161Afterword. Lost in Transition, 2010 177Appendix. Timeline of Twentieth-Century Communism 195Further Reading 201