How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed This essay collection from renowned journalist and novelist Slavenka Drakulic, which quickly became a modern (and feminist) classic, draws back the Iron…
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How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
This essay collection from renowned journalist and novelist Slavenka Drakulic, which quickly became a modern (and feminist) classic, draws back the Iron Curtain for a glimpse at the lives of Eastern European women under Communist regimes. Enforced communal housing that allowed for little privacy, the banishment of many time-saving devices, and a focus on manual labor left no Provocative, often witty, and always intensely personal, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed cracks open a paradoxical world that through its rejection of capitalism and commoditization ends up fetishizing both.Examining the relationship between material goods and expressions of happiness and individuality in a society where even bananas were an alien luxury, Drakulic homes in on the eradication of female identity, drawing on her own experiences as well as broader cultural observations.
Even If We Break
Even As We Breathe
Communism and Strategy
How We Heal
How We Work
How We Learn
How We Think