Urban Phantasmagorias: Domesticity, Production and the Politics of Modernity in Communist Bucharest

Explores the ways the socialist state reconfigured the city of Bucharest in order to materialize the idea of communist modernity. Uses Benjamin’s theory of phantasmagoria to articulate the dynamic relationship between ideology, architecture, and everyday practices, and to reassess their impact upon individual agency. Includes 85 illustrations and is part of the Architext series.