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Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television

Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie

(Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA, 2017) 

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie
PY  - 2017
UR  - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/13896
AB  - Elena Ceauşescu, spouse of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, generated in the 1980s a gigantic homage industry, as she was the object of a personality cult as strong as that of her husband’s. This paper briefly outlines the origin and elements of Nicolae Ceauşescu’s personality cult, to focus then on Elena Ceauşescu’s cult: how at first it was merged with the cult of her husband, her being a mere companion of the head of state, and then grew to the point of paralleling that of Nicolae Ceauşescu during the last years of communist rule in Romania. The second part focuses on the evolution of Romanian state television and its crucial role in the diffusion of her personality cult, showing how this state institution became completely subordinated to the presidential couple in the 1980s, and pointing to a paradox of the period: the shorter Romanian television’s daily broadcasting time, the larger the amount of programming on Ceauşescu. Finally, the paper shows how January was infused with anniversary dates meant to consolidate the personality cult of the presidential couple and to reinvent communist traditions.
PB  - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
T2  - Balcanica
T1  - Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television
SP  - 343
EP  - 360
VL  - 48
DO  - 10.2298/BALC1748343S
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13896
ER  - 
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author = "Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie",
year = "2017",
abstract = "Elena Ceauşescu, spouse of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, generated in the 1980s a gigantic homage industry, as she was the object of a personality cult as strong as that of her husband’s. This paper briefly outlines the origin and elements of Nicolae Ceauşescu’s personality cult, to focus then on Elena Ceauşescu’s cult: how at first it was merged with the cult of her husband, her being a mere companion of the head of state, and then grew to the point of paralleling that of Nicolae Ceauşescu during the last years of communist rule in Romania. The second part focuses on the evolution of Romanian state television and its crucial role in the diffusion of her personality cult, showing how this state institution became completely subordinated to the presidential couple in the 1980s, and pointing to a paradox of the period: the shorter Romanian television’s daily broadcasting time, the larger the amount of programming on Ceauşescu. Finally, the paper shows how January was infused with anniversary dates meant to consolidate the personality cult of the presidential couple and to reinvent communist traditions.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA",
journal = "Balcanica",
title = "Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television",
pages = "343-360",
volume = "48",
doi = "10.2298/BALC1748343S",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13896"
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Sorescu-Marinković, A.. (2017). Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television. in Balcanica
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies SASA., 48, 343-360.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748343S
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13896
Sorescu-Marinković A. Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television. in Balcanica. 2017;48:343-360.
doi:10.2298/BALC1748343S
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13896 .
Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie, "Elena Ceauşescu’s Personality Cult and Romanian Television" in Balcanica, 48 (2017):343-360,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1748343S .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13896 .
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