Art, Religion and Resistance in (Post-)Communist Romania: Nostalgia for Paradise Lost

By Maria Alina Asavei

Book Overview

Contents

1. Art, Politics and Religion in (Post-) Communist Romania: An Introduction

2. On the Varieties of Cultural Resistance during Romanian Late Communism

3. Godless Religious Art of Romanian National Communism

4. Art, Nature and Ecologies of Transfiguration during Romanian National Communism

5. Spiritual Ecologies and Meta-Byzantine Music during Nicolae Ceauṣescu's Regime

6. Contemporary Aesthetic Mysticism and Religious Revitalization Movements

7. The Body in (Post-) Communist Art: a Site of Salvation and Resistance

8. Religion Inspired Art and Politics: Neo-Orthodoxism as Neo-Traditionalism?

9. Art as Resistance to the "Religious Affair" and Consumerist Religion in Post-Communist Romania

10. Looking Forward: Looking Back through the Three Lenses of Art, Politics and Religion

Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030562573
• ISBN13: 9783030562571
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"