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The Miners on the Miner Riots (Interviews)
The Miners on the Miner Riots (Interviews)

Author(s): Alin Rus
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: miner riots; (fall of the) communism; transition; democracy; violence; politics; subjectivity; working class;

Summary/Abstract: The miner riots in 1990, having taken place shortly after the fall of the communist regime in December 1989 and generally perceived as an outbreak of boundlessand unfounded violence and cruelty, are narrated in this interview from the inside: voices of some of the miners recall those confusing and terrible moments.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 43-57
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English