My Life As a Spy

Katherine Verdery analyzes the 2,781 page surveillance file the Romanian secret police compiled on her during her research trips to Transylvania in the 1970s and 1980s. Reading it led her to question her identity and also revealed how deeply the secret police was embedded in everyday life.

Katherine Verdery analizeaza dosarul de supraveghere de 2.781 de pagini pe care politia secreta romana l-a intocmit asupra ei in timpul calatoriilor sale de cercetare in Transilvania din anii 1970 si 1980. Citirea ei a determinat-o sa-si puna la indoiala identitatea si, de asemenea, a dezvaluit cat de profund era incorporata politia secreta in viata de zi cu zi.