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- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-56254-0
- Pages
- 35 –61
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-56255-7_2
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[This chapter focuses on the varieties of cultural resistance during Romanian late communism. It provides an outline of the ongoing debates about the meaning, content and politicality of “cultural resistance,” a concept that gained momentum in the post-communist Romanian public discourses. The argument advanced is that “cultural resistance” is multifarious and for its assessment, we need to focus on the analysis of the form and content of cultural practices and artefacts and not on political resistance alone. To this end, this chapter elaborates on several types of cultural resistance, without the pretension of offering an exhaustive list: for example, “cultural resistance” understood as critical complicity with the official canon of cultural production; “cultural resistance” understood as (religious) art collecting and resistance through the art of religious inspiration.]
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Keywords: Cultural resistance; Religious art collecting; Resistance as critical complicity; Romanian late communism; Resistance through religious art