Bøger om Moldova

This book addresses Christendom's eastern frontier, the principality of Moldavia: its political, economic, and cultural history from its formation in 1359 to the early sixteenth century.

Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country's recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial terroir wines. Drawing on theories of globalization, economic anthropology and political economy, the book contributes to understanding how crises and inequalities in capitalism lead to the 'creative destruction' of local products, their accelerated standardization and the increased exploitation of labour.

This book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. It presents research on the historical preconditions and spread of the secessionist movement in Transnistria, the war in the Dniester River valley, and the diplomatic deadlock of the Transnistrian problem. It examines the conflicting positions that political parties, the public, and experts have taken towards the problems that challenge the nation- and state-building processes in this post-Soviet state. Additional focal points include the reassertion of Russiäs power in the post-Soviet space, Ukraine¿s effort to become a major political player in the region, and Romaniäs attempt to retrieve its influence in Moldova. This study demonstrates that separatism generates mutually exclusive nation-building projects on the territory of a single state, that international actors play a significant role in this process, and that domestic and external factors hinder the development of a resolution of the so-called "frozen conflict" over Transnistria.

Chisinau, today the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova, has undergone tumultuous changes under the successive political regimes that marked the twentieth century. Once part of the territory seized by the Russian Empire, it was integrated into the Romanian Kingdom during the interwar period, before being annexed by the USSR, like all of Bessarabia, and radically transformed into a socialist city.This guide focuses on the latter period. The distinct urbanistic and architectural tendencies after the Second World War are reflected in the five segments of the book: the Stalinist Empire, Soviet Modernism, Postmodernism, Soviet Brutalism, and the Industrial City. Each reflects the essential Soviet mandate to build not only a new city, but also a new society.In addition to photographic documentation and critical analysis of socialist architecture, the guide also includes essays on Chisinau's development between 1945 and 1989, devoted among other things to the city's cinemas and life in 'microraions'.

((Please scroll down for english version))Andrea Diefenbachs Bilder aus den ländlichen Regionen der Republik Moldau sind eine Zeitreise an einen Ort, der seit seiner Unabhängigkeit vor 30 Jahren in einer Identitätskrise steckt. Diese visuelle Bestandsaufnahme ist bereits ihr zweites Buch über das zwischen EU und Russland, Stillstand und Fortschritt, Korruption und Rechtsstaatlichkeit hin-und hergerissene Land. Ihre ruhigen, zuweilen auch skurrilen Beobachtungen zeugen von großer Empathie für Moldau und das Lebensgefühl seiner Menschen. In ihrer Unaufgeregtheit passen sich die Bilder dem zwischen Aufbruch und Stagnation pendelnden Tempo des moldauischen Alltags an. »Realitatea« versammelt nicht nur fotografische Vignetten aus einem Land im Schwebezustand sondern setzt diese durch Faksimiles moldauischer Zeitungen und Texte auch in Kontext zu den politischen Ereignissen der vergangenen zehn Jahre.Andrea Diefenbach (*1974) arbeitet für Magazine und Organisationen im In- und Ausland. Seit 2016 lehrt sie Fotografie an der Hochschule Luzern. »Realitatea« ist ihr drittes Buch. Diefenbachs Arbeiten wurden unter anderem in der Hamburger Kunsthalle, dem Folkwang Museum Essen, dem Reiss Engelhorn Museum Mannheim sowie dem Münchner Stadtmuseum gezeigt.Andrea Diefenbach's images from the rural regions of the Republic of Moldova are a journey through time to a place that has been in an identity crisis since its independence 30 years ago. This visual survey is already her second book about the country torn between the EU and Russia, stagnation and progress, corruption and the rule of law. Her calm, at times whimsical observations demonstrate great empathy for Moldova and its people's way of living. In their tranquility, the images adapt to the tempo of Moldovan everyday life, which oscillates between upheaval and stagnation. »Realitatea« not only gathers photographic vignettes from a country in a state of limbo, but also contextualizes them within the political events of the past ten years through facsimiles of Moldovan newspapers and analytical texts.Andrea Diefenbach (*1974) works for magazines and organizations in Germany and internationally. She has been teaching photography at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts since 2016. »Realitatea« is her third book. Diefenbach's work has been shown at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Folkwang Museum Essen, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum Mannheim, and the Munich Stadtmuseum, among others.

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