edited by Angela Harutyunyan, Kathrin Hr̲schelmann, and Malcolm Miles ; editorial assistant, Karen Roulstone.
Chicago :
Intellect,
2009.
1 online resource (150 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
The concept of a public sphere has traditionally been associated with urban spaces. Public Spheres After Socialism contests this in light of shifts of perspective in the East and West after the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Public Spheres After Socialism draws together contemporary experiences from Armenia - an interesting site of cultural and political cross-currents - Germany, Austria, France and the United Kingdom. It reconsiders the concept of a public sphere as a figurative, or mythical, location in which the members of a society shape and determine its va.