Underground print culture and independent political communication in communist regimes: samizdat as typosphere in Central and Eastern Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Underground print culture and independent political communication in communist regimes: samizdat as typosphere in Central and Eastern Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s. / Sukosd, Miklos.
In: Korean Journal of Communication Studies, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2012, p. 61-86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Underground print culture and independent political communication in communist regimes: samizdat as typosphere in Central and Eastern Europe from the 1960s to the 1980s.
AU - Sukosd, Miklos
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The term samizdat refers to “self-published”, independent, uncensored, illegal publications in the communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union from the late 1950s to the late 1980s. Samizdat created islands of dissent and free press despite of widepread official censorship, propaganda, and political repression. This paper explores the political context, genres, topics, political discourses, and communication technologies of samizdat. It also offers a novel interpretation (based on concepts by Febvre and Martin, McLuhan, Ong, Eisenstein, Darnton, and Lotman), positioning samizdat in the long-term history of European print culture. Looking back from the 21st century information society, we may see samizdat as- a part of European writing, printing and book history: the Central and Eastern European branch of European print culture that rose successfully against long-term censorship structures in the region and introduced an underground free press sector as late as the second part of the 20th century; - a contribution to democratic political change and transnational cultural exchange; and - a precursor of self-published citizen journalism and blogging.
AB - The term samizdat refers to “self-published”, independent, uncensored, illegal publications in the communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union from the late 1950s to the late 1980s. Samizdat created islands of dissent and free press despite of widepread official censorship, propaganda, and political repression. This paper explores the political context, genres, topics, political discourses, and communication technologies of samizdat. It also offers a novel interpretation (based on concepts by Febvre and Martin, McLuhan, Ong, Eisenstein, Darnton, and Lotman), positioning samizdat in the long-term history of European print culture. Looking back from the 21st century information society, we may see samizdat as- a part of European writing, printing and book history: the Central and Eastern European branch of European print culture that rose successfully against long-term censorship structures in the region and introduced an underground free press sector as late as the second part of the 20th century; - a contribution to democratic political change and transnational cultural exchange; and - a precursor of self-published citizen journalism and blogging.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - underground publishing
KW - censorship
KW - independent communication
KW - dissent
KW - communism
KW - Marxism
KW - media control
KW - samizdat
KW - printing culture
KW - book culture
KW - Soviet Union
KW - Russia
KW - Central and Eastern Europe
KW - Poland
KW - Czechoslovakia
KW - Hungary
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 61
EP - 86
JO - Korean Journal of Communication Studies
JF - Korean Journal of Communication Studies
IS - 5
ER -
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