{"product_id":"9780755617449","title":"Greece from Junta to Crisis : Modernization, Transition and Diversity","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGreece from Junta to Crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dimitris Tziovas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recent economic crisis in Greece has triggered national self-reflection and prompted a re-examination of the political and cultural developments in the country  since 1974. While many other books have investigated the politics and economics of this transition, this study turns its attention to the cultural aspects of  post-dictatorship Greece. By problematizing the notion of modernization, it analyzes socio-cultural trends  in the years between the fall of the junta and the economic crisis, highlighting the growing diversity and cultural ambivalence of Greek society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its focus on  issues such as identity, antiquity, religion, language, literature, media, cinema, youth, gender and sexuality, this study is one of the first to examine cultural trends in Greece over the last fifty years. Aiming for a more nuanced understanding of recent history, the study offers a fresh perspective on current problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is cultural history at its best – interdisciplinary, wide-ranging and packed with well-chosen detail. Tziovas explores the shifts and turns of how Greeks have been (mis)understood, by themselves and others, since the 1970s, with an admirably open mind and a determination to move on from past stereotypes.” —\u003ci\u003eRoderick Beaton, Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek \u0026amp; Byzantine History, King's College London, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The first ever study of cultural transformation in Greece after the 1970's, \u003ci\u003eGreece from Junta to Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e offers us a country in transition. Based on exhaustive research and inspired by a synthetic vision, it provides unique perspectives on a dizzying variety of topics such as national identity, gay subjectivity, popular movements, cinema, fiction, classical antiquity, the Internet, and conceptions of the west. It will become the standard work on the topic.” —\u003ci\u003eProfessor Gregory Jusdanis, The Ohio State University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780755617449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40804787650766,"sku":"9780755617449","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_56abebd6-5f62-4b67-87ef-e91c74c347b1.jpg?v=1642580737","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780755617449","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}