| ID | 099636 |
| Title Proper | Political identity, public memory and urban space |
| Other Title Information | a case study of Parcul Carol I, Bucharest from 1906 to the present |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Light, Duncan ; Young, Craig |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article analyses the inter-relationship between political identity, public memory and urban space in South-east Europe through a case study of Parcul Carol I (Carol I Park) in Bucharest, Romania from 1906 to the present. The article analyses how the urban cultural landscape has been reshaped to support the political ambitions of three successive regimes-Romania as a kingdom and liberal constitutional monarchy (1881-1938); state-socialist Romania (1947-1989); and the post-socialist Romanian state from 1989. The article highlights complex continuity from the state-socialist period under post-socialism, rather than destruction of the landscape of state-socialism, combined with the return of pre-socialist landscape elements. The article argues for the need for studies of the fate of state-socialist urban landscapes under post-socialism which consider the complexities introduced by the persistence of landscape elements from the pre-socialist and state-socialist periods and their combination with pre-socialist and post-socialist landscapes to produce hybrid memory-scapes and spaces of the nation. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 62, No. 9; Nov 2010: p1453-1478 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 62, No. 9; Nov 2010: p1453-1478 |
| Key Words | Political Identity ; Public Memory ; Urban ; Urban Space ; South - East Europe ; Romania |