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The Land of Weddings and Rain: Nation and Modernity in Post-Socialist Lithuania
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The Land of Weddings and Rain: Nation and Modernity in Post-Socialist Lithuania Paperback - 2015

by Gediminas Lankauskas


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In The Land of Weddings and Rain, Gediminas Lankauskas examines the components of the contemporary urban wedding - religious and civil ceremonies, "traditional" imagery and practices, and the conspicuous consumption of domestic and imported goods - in the context of the Western-style modernization of post-socialist Lithuania.

Studying the tensions between "tradition" and "modernity" that surround this important ritual event, Lankauskas highlights the ways in which nationalism serves to negotiate the impact of modernity in the aftermath of state socialism's collapse. His analysis also shows the importance of consumption and commodification to Lithuania's ongoing "Westernization."

Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Land of Weddings and Rain is a fascinating account of the tensions - between national and transnational, East and West, and old and new - that shape life in post-socialist Eastern Europe.

Details

  • Title The Land of Weddings and Rain: Nation and Modernity in Post-Socialist Lithuania
  • Author Gediminas Lankauskas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition.....
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Canada
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781442612563 / 1442612568
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Anthropological
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Event: Wedding
  • Library of Congress subjects Marriage customs and rites, Weddings
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015452147
  • Dewey Decimal Code 392.5