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Worlds of Dissent : Charter 77, the Plastic People of the Universe, and Czech Culture under Communism.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (360 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674064836
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Worlds of DissentDDC classification:
  • 943.704/3
LOC classification:
  • DB2228
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Impasse of Dissent -- 2. The Stages of Demobilization -- 3. The Shadow World -- 4. Legends of the Underground -- 5. Everything Changed with the Charter -- 6. The Public of the Powerless -- 7. Dreams of a Dissident -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Czech resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces these heroic victory narratives with a picture of the struggle against state repression as dissidents themselves understood and lived it. Their diaries, letters, and essays convey the texture of dissent in a closed society.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Impasse of Dissent -- 2. The Stages of Demobilization -- 3. The Shadow World -- 4. Legends of the Underground -- 5. Everything Changed with the Charter -- 6. The Public of the Powerless -- 7. Dreams of a Dissident -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Czech resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces these heroic victory narratives with a picture of the struggle against state repression as dissidents themselves understood and lived it. Their diaries, letters, and essays convey the texture of dissent in a closed society.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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