Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context

The demise of state Socialisms caused radical social, cultural and economic changes in Eastern Europe. Since then, young people have been confronted with fundamental disruptions and transformations to their daily environment, while an unsettling, globaliz

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Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context Edited by

Matthias Schwartz Center for Literary and Cultural Research, Germany

Heike Winkel Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Matthias Schwartz and Heike Winkel 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-38512-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-55912-1 ISBN 978-1-137-38513-0 (eBook)

DOI 10.1057/9781137385130 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eastern European youth cultures in a global context / [edited by] Matthias Schwartz, Heike Winkel. pages cm 1. Youth—Europe, Eastern. Heike, editor. HQ799.E92E37 2015 305.2350947—dc23

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Contents List of Figures

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Notes on Contributors

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Introduction Matthias Schwartz and Heike Winkel

1

Part I Reconsidering Generational Change 1 The End of Childhood and/or the Discovery of the Tineidzher? Adolescence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture Catriona Kelly

21

2 Youth Cultures and the Formation of a New Political Generation in Eastern Europe Ken Roberts

45

3 Fast Forward to Capitalism? Accelerated Youth in Post-Socialism Herwig Reiter and Christine Steiner

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4 Revival without Nostalgia: The ‘Dizel’ Movement, Serbian 1990s Cultural Trauma and Globalised Youth Cultures Jovana Papovi´c and Astrea Pejovi´c

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5 Symptom of the Loser and the Mela