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Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities: Narrating Contested Urban Space(Interdisciplinary Studies on Spatial Dynamics and Marginalization in Central and Eastern Europe)

Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities: Narrating Contested Urban Space(Interdisciplinary Studies on Spatial Dynamics and Marginalization in Central and Eastern Europe)


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This open access book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on cities shaped by shifting borders and contested identities. Rooted in the study of spatial and social re-appropriation, the book invites readers to rethink the urban experience in Central and Eastern Europe—a region defined by political discontinuities and rich linguistic and ethnic diversity.

Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities engages with the concept of a city to explore attempts to homogenize, categorize, and eliminate differences in history and present day. The essays delve into the interplay between official discourses and marginalized voices that challenge established hierarchies, uncovering both the conflicts and synergies that emerge in multiethnic and multilingual environments. The contributors offer fresh insights into how Central and Eastern European cities navigate their layered identities, fostering a deeper understanding of the region’s dynamic and complex urban narratives.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR).



Table of Contents:

Introduction

By Elisa-Maria Hiemer and Anna Seidel

Part I. Institutionalized Narratives on Urban Spaces

Chapter 1: Larisa Kangaspuro: Negotiating Space and Sovereignty in the Russian Empire: Finnish Katajanokka (Nokka) Prison in XIX Century

Chapter 2: Szilveszter Csernus-Lukács and Éva Lovra: From Maria-Theresiopel to Subotica – Gradual Reinvention of A (Habsburg) Hungarian Metropolis to a Yugoslav one From the Perspective of Urbanology

Chapter 3: Tabita Redepenning: Szczecin’s ‘Lost’ City Center: Competition and Center Pluralization in Tourist Maps

Chapter 4: Anastasiia Bozhenko, Olesya Chagovets: Kharkiv as a Citadel on the Frontier: Reimagining the City during the Full-Scale Invasion of the Russian Federation

Part II. (Re)Imagining Central Europe in Literature, Music, and Film

Chapter 5: Natallia Prystupa: The Image of Czech and Slovak Cities in the Memories of Belarusian Writers

Chapter 6: Alina Bako: Bucharest Literary History: from Turkey’s Small Paris to Little Paris

Chapter 7: Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova Reinventing the Polish City of Walbrzych through Film.

Chapter 8: Ruben Höppner: From the Invisible Ghetto to the Big Stage: Czech Gangsta Rap as a Narrative of Contested Urban Spaces

Part III. Voicing the Margins: Practices of Claiming Urban Space

Chapter 9: Anna G. Piotrowska: The Role of Romani Musicians in Post-War Krakow, or, a Few Words about Krakow’s Unobvious Romani Legacy

Chapter 10: Aleksej Tikhonov: The So-Called “Russian Shop” in Berlin, Vienna, and Zürich: Diaspora-Identities in Urban Linguistic Landscapes between Commerce and Geopolitics

Chapter 11: Katharina Tyran: South Slavic Semiotic and Linguistic Landscapes in Vienna: Contested Memories and Nationalistic Narratives in the Public Space

Chapter 12: Pavel Voinitski: Minsk’s Purity: A Negative (Re)Branding Case of the Last European Dictatorship’s Capital

Conclusion - Anna Seidel

Notes on the Contributors

Index



About the Author :

Anna Seidel is assistant professor of West Slavic Literatures and Cultures at the University of Vienna.
.rsität Berlin


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781666971309
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 372
  • Sub Title: Narrating Contested Urban Space
  • ISBN-10: 1666971308
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jul 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Interdisciplinary Studies on Spatial Dynamics and Marginalization in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Width: 152 mm


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