Theories and methods of studying everyday life. Everyday life during communism
Journal Title: Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review - Year 2012, Vol 17, Issue 17
Abstract
The current edition of MARTOR journal provides a necessary contribution to the study of everyday life under the communist regime in Romania, the articles it contains bringing some extra colour and clarity to what constituted day-to-day life under communism and what constitutes our lives today, more than twenty years after the fall of the regime.
Authors and Affiliations
Maria Mateoniu, Mihai Gheorghiu
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