‘The Nineties’ on TV: Remembering the Transformation Era in Czech Popular Culture

A new prime-time show on Czech public television entitled 'Devadesátky' (‘The Nineties’) has turned out to be vastly popular and triggered a lively public debate. In six episodes, the series reconstructs the most notorious cases of violent, organized crime during the first post-socialist decade in the Czech Republic. The article reflects on the TV series’ popularity and what it tells us about public memory and narratives of the turbulent post-1989 period in Czech society.

Metadata
Document Type:	Article
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.25626/0137
Creator and project details
Author:	Veronika Pehe GND
Editor:	Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:	Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):	‘The Nineties’ on TV: Remembering the Transformation Era in Czech Popular Culture
Parent Title (English):	Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:	2022/12/07
Date of Publication (online):	2022/12/07
Date of first Publication:	2022/05/11
Language:	English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:	9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:	Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:	1990s; Czech Republic; Ninetees; crime; film; memory; pop-culture; transformation
GND Keyword:	Tschechoslowakei; Tschechien; Organisiertes Verbrechen; Fernsehsendung; Politische Auseinandersetzung; Postkommunismus
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File Size:	876 KB
MIME-Type:	application/pdf
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