{"product_id":"my-life-as-a-spy-investigations-in-a-secret-police-file","title":"My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File","description":"As Katherine Verdery observes, \"There's nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are.\" In 1973 Verdery began her doctoral fieldwork in the Transylvanian region of Romania, ruled at the time by communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She returned several times over the next twenty-five years, during which time the secret police—the Securitate—compiled a massive surveillance file on her. Reading through its 2,781 pages, she learned that she was \"actually\" a spy, a CIA agent, a Hungarian agitator, and a friend of dissidents: in short, an enemy of Romania. In My Life as a Spy she analyzes her file alongside her original field notes and conversations with Securitate officers. Verdery also talks with some of the informers who were close friends, learning the complex circumstances that led them to report on her, and considers how fieldwork and spying can be easily confused. Part memoir, part detective story, part anthropological analysis, My Life as a Spy offers a personal account of how government surveillance worked during the Cold War and how Verdery experienced living under it.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0822370816\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0822370816.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Verdery, Katherine\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43394878472253,"sku":"BVV.0822370816.G","price":9.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0822370816-0.jpg?v=1784842728","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/my-life-as-a-spy-investigations-in-a-secret-police-file","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}