Preface Introduction: Mapping Postsocialist Cultural Studies Magdalena Zaborowska, Sibelan Forrester, and Elena Gapova Part I. (Re-)Visitations 1. How I Found Eastern Europe: Televisual Geography, Travel Sites, and Museum Installations Andaluna Borcila 2. The Nation In Between; or, Why Intellectuals Do Things with Words Elena Gapova 3. Prenzlauer Berg Connections: The Trajectory of East German Samizdat Culture from Socialism to Capitalism Lisa Whitmore 4. Reading Transparent "Constructions of History"; or, Three Passages through (In)Visible Warsaw Magdalena Zaborowska 5. Can Prague Learn from L.A.

? Frank Gehry's Netherlands National Building in Prague David Houston 6. Heteroglossia and Linguistic Neocolonialism: English Teaching in Post-1989 Poland Bill Johnston 7. Projections of Desire: Robert D. Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts and the Crisis of Self-Definition Anca Rosu Part II. (Re-)Adaptations 8. Shifting a Cultural Paradigm: Between the Mystique and the Marketing of Polish Theatre Halina Filipowicz 9. "Hurrah, I'm Still Alive!" East German Products Demonstrating East German Identities Rainer Gries 10. Cryptographic Art of Bratislava: Configurations of Absence in Postcommunist Installation Art Paul Krainak 11.

"Move Over Madonna": Gender, Representation, and the "Mystery" of Bulgarian Voices Carol Silverman 12. Four Bearings of West for the Lviv Bohema Mark Andryczyk 13. "Don't Get Pricked!" Representation and the Politics of Sexuality in the Czech Republic Vera Sokolová Afterword: From Big Brother to Big Burger (And What's the Grand Narrative Got to Do with It?) "Benni Goodman" Selected Bibliography Contributors Index.