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Description:A poignant, truthful look at what living under Communism was really like, by Croatian journalist & novelist Drakulić. The author, daughter of a former partisan who was a high-ranking Communist army officer, was never a member of the Party herself. Here, she conveys the reality of life under Communism thru ordinary but telling detail: the wonder of a man who, for the 1st time in his life, was able to eat a banana--& ate it skin & all, marveling at its texture; Her own bewilderment at finding fresh strawberries in NYC in December; the feel of the quality of the paper in an issue of Vogue; the desperate lengths to which women would go to find cosmetics or clothes or something that would make them feel feminine in a society where such a feeling was regarded as a bourgeois affectation. She dismisses the argument that Western manufacturers have manipulated these needs: 'To tell us that they are making a profit by exploiting our needs is like warning a Bangladeshi about cholesterol.' Tho herself a feminist, she willingly turns amusing in describing the uncomprehending questions sent to her by a NY editor who asked about the role of feminism in political discourse in Eastern Europe, when there was no political discourse & when feminists were--& apparently still are--regarded as enemies of the people. 'We may have survived Communism,' she writes, 'but we have not yet outlived it.' To the author, Communism is more than an ideology or a method of government--it is a state of mind that is yet to be erased from the collective consciousness of those who've lived under it. A sometimes sad, sometimes witty book that conveys more about politics in Eastern Europe than any number of theoretical political analyses.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed. To get started finding How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Release: 2021

ISBN: 1666522457

Description: A poignant, truthful look at what living under Communism was really like, by Croatian journalist & novelist Drakulić. The author, daughter of a former partisan who was a high-ranking Communist army officer, was never a member of the Party herself. Here, she conveys the reality of life under Communism thru ordinary but telling detail: the wonder of a man who, for the 1st time in his life, was able to eat a banana--& ate it skin & all, marveling at its texture; Her own bewilderment at finding fresh strawberries in NYC in December; the feel of the quality of the paper in an issue of Vogue; the desperate lengths to which women would go to find cosmetics or clothes or something that would make them feel feminine in a society where such a feeling was regarded as a bourgeois affectation. She dismisses the argument that Western manufacturers have manipulated these needs: 'To tell us that they are making a profit by exploiting our needs is like warning a Bangladeshi about cholesterol.' Tho herself a feminist, she willingly turns amusing in describing the uncomprehending questions sent to her by a NY editor who asked about the role of feminism in political discourse in Eastern Europe, when there was no political discourse & when feminists were--& apparently still are--regarded as enemies of the people. 'We may have survived Communism,' she writes, 'but we have not yet outlived it.' To the author, Communism is more than an ideology or a method of government--it is a state of mind that is yet to be erased from the collective consciousness of those who've lived under it. A sometimes sad, sometimes witty book that conveys more about politics in Eastern Europe than any number of theoretical political analyses.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed. To get started finding How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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