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Disco Lights from a Tractor’s Headlights

The Operation of a Village Disco in the 1980s

Summary/Abstract: The case study reconstructs the operation of the Lăzarea (Gyergyószárhegy) disco in the 1980s, taking into account the informal networks, official prohibitions and permissions, and the phenomenon of socialist DIY. The case study shows that operating the disco with cooperative techniques and tolerance from the authorities produced a thriving business. It was considered a legitimate leisure opportunity by the state, but behind the formal framework an informal network operated the disco, whose function was the use and distribution of Western European and American media products and consumer goods.

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