Evoking Polish Memory State, Self and the Communist Past in Transition |
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| Author:
| Witeska-Mlynarczyk, Anna |
| Series title: | Warsaw Studies in Contemporary History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-653-03232-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Free of charge contact
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Book Description:
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The book presents an ethnographic study of ways in which communism is remembered in contemporary Poland. It follows two groups of people engaged in memory politics in one Polish town - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime. It shows the processes of reconstruction of their memories and subjectivities.
The book presents an ethnographic study of ways in which communism is remembered in contemporary Poland. It follows two groups of people engaged in memory politics in one Polish town - the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime. It shows the processes of reconstruction of their memories and subjectivities.