SESSION 3

3. Negotiating Capitalism in East-Central Europe


Wild East: Global Capitalism in East-Central Europe (Lecture and Discussion, 14.30–15.50)

Privatization, Consumerism, and the Discourse on Normality (Discussion, 16.05–17.25)

Trajectories of Social and Cultural Change after 1989 (Lecture, 17.40–19.00)


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* Berdahl, Daphne (2001) “Go, Trabi, Go!”: Reflections on a Car and Its Symbolization over Time.
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* Harper, Krista (2005) “Wild Capitalism” and “Ecocolonialism”: A Tale of Two Rivers. American
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*** Available in FSS library, an on-site loan

**** Available in FA library, a month‘s loan