Collective Traumas - Memories of War and Conflict in 20th-century Europe (Paperback)

Collective Traumas is about the traumatic European history of the 20th century - war, genocide, dictatorship, ethnic cleansing - and how individuals, communities and nations have dealt with their dark past through remembrance, historiography and legal settlements. Memories, and especially collective memories, serve as foundations for national identities and are politically charged. Regardless whether memory is used to support or to challenge established ideologies, it is inevitably subject to political tensions. Consequently, memory, history and amnesia tend to be used and abused for different political and ideological purposes. From the perspectives of historical, literary and visual studies the essays focus on how the experiences of war and profound conflict have been represented and remembered in different national cultures and communities. This volume is a vital contribution to memory studies and trauma theory. Collective Traumas is a result of the multi-disciplinary research project on Memory Culture that was initiated in 2002 at Karlstad University, Sweden. A previous publication with Peter Lang is Memory Work: The Theory and Practice of Memory (2005).

General

Imprint:	Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
Country of origin:	Belgium
Series:	Europe Plurielle/Multiple Europes, 38
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Editors:	Conny Mithander • John Sundholm • Maria Holmgren Troy
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-90-5201-068-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	90-5201-068-4
Barcode:	9789052010687

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