Evoking Polish memory state, self and the Communist past in transition

The book offers an interdisciplinary but very grounded look at the question of memory politics in contemporary Poland. It describes the conflicting ways in which two groups of people - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime - have actively engaged in rep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Witeska-Mlynarczyk, Anna, 1973- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2014
Frankfurt am main, [Germany] : 2014.
Colección:Warsaw Studies in Contemporary History, Volume 3
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Sumario:The book offers an interdisciplinary but very grounded look at the question of memory politics in contemporary Poland. It describes the conflicting ways in which two groups of people - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime - have actively engaged in representations and claims about the communist past in the contemporary reality of one Polish town. The material is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted during the years 2006-2008. The author focuses on the processes of reconstruction of memories and subjectivities taking place at the intersection
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (255 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783653994902
9783653032321