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The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violen...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in European culture and history
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The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violence. "Marc Silberman and Florence Vatan have assembled an intriguing array of case studies providing a panorama of commemorative practices in post-conflict scenarios. Testimony to the mature status of memory studies, the distinctive essays provide rich insights into how divided societies cope with memories of past violence. Readers interested in recent mnemonic trajectories and attendant political and cultural practices - primarily but not exclusively in Europe - will find this book highly rewarding." - Daniel Levy, Associate Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University, USA 'This rich volume p |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137343512. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. : 20 b&w, ill. |
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9781137343529 : 1137343524 : |
| CLC: | D5 |
| Contents: | Introduction - After the Violence: Memory-- Florence Vatan and Marc Silberman PART I: COMPETING MEMORIES 1. The Nuremberg Trials as Cold War Competition: The Politics of the Historical Record and the International Stage-- Francine Hirsch 2. The Cube on Red Square: A Memorial for the Victims of Twentieth-Century Russia-- Karl Schlogel 3. Reactive Memory: The Holocaust and Flight and Expulsion of Germans-- Bill Niven 4. Beyond Auschwitz? Europe's Terrorscapes in the Age of Postmemory-- Rob van der Laarse PART II: STAGING MEMORY 5. Narrative Shock and Polish Memory Remaking in the Twenty-first |