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Reviewed on May 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
As a young American doctoral student beginning her field research in Romania during the 1970s, Verdery (anthropology, City Univ. of New York Graduate Ctr.; Secrets and Truths) inadvertently strayed into a restricted area on her motorbike. This raised the notorious Romanian Securitate's (secret police) suspicion of her. After the overthrow of the Ceausşescu regime and the fall of communism, she requested and received a voluminous Romanian secret police file ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More