Hidden galleries: material religion in the secret police archives in central and eastern Europe
In a series of richly illustrated short essays, Hidden Galleries presents the ways in which the secret police of the communist-era and before collected and curated material religious images and objects in their archives. Based on painstaking documentation by a team of eight historians, anthropologis...
| Published in: | Anthropology of religion |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wien Zürich
Lit Verlag
[2020]
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| In: |
Anthropology of religion (volume 3)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Anthropology of religion
volume 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Secret service
/ Religious persecution
/ Christian persecution
/ History
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| Summary: | In a series of richly illustrated short essays, Hidden Galleries presents the ways in which the secret police of the communist-era and before collected and curated material religious images and objects in their archives. Based on painstaking documentation by a team of eight historians, anthropologists and scholars of religion in archives in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, this volume offers a rare window on the creativity of underground religious life, and its ideological representation as well as exploring the significance for religious communities and wider society today of this legacy of repression and surveillance. |
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| ISBN: | 3643912633 |