Palace Complex
A Stalinist Skyscraper, Capitalist Warsaw, and a City Transfixed
The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was gifted to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Framing the Palace's visual, symbolic, and functional prominence in the everyday life of the Polish capital as a sort of obsession, locals joke that their city suffers from a Palace of Culture complex. Despite attempts to privatize it, the Palace remains municipally owned, and continues to play host to a variety of public institutions and services. The Parade Square, which surrounds the building, has resisted attempts to convert it into a money-making commercial center. Author Michal Murawski traces the skyscraper's power…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-03994-1
- EAN: 9780253039941
- Produktnummer: 27168977
- Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 366 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.4 cm 682 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 682
Über den Autor
Michal Murawski is Assistant Professor in Critical Area Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.
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