Samizdat Tamizdat and Beyond

<p> In many ways what is identified today as cultural globalization in Eastern Europe has its roots in the Cold War phenomena of <em>samizdat</em> (do-it-yourself underground publishing) and <em>tamizdat</em> (publishing abroad). This volume offers a new understanding of how information flowed between East and West during the Cold War as well as the much broader circulation of cultural products instigated and sustained by these practices. By expanding the definitions of <em>samizdat</em> and <em>tamizdat</em> from explicitly political print publications to include other forms and genres this volume investigates the wider cultural sphere of alternative and semi-official texts broadcast media reproductions of visual art and music and in the post-1989 period new media. The underground circulation of uncensored texts in the Cold War era serves as a useful foundation for comparison when looking at current examples of censorship independent media and the use of new media in countries like China Iran and the former Yugoslavia.<br /> </p>