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This edited volume breaks new ground and opens up new perspectives
by capturing the role played by claims to authenticity in populist
discourses in Brazil, India and Ukraine. By conceiving of both
triumphant populism and increasing demands for authenticity as
expressions of crisis, the volume seeks to satisfy the need to take
a closer look at yearnings for orientation in a globalised world
that is often associated with rapid social change and the
disappearance of old certainties. Starting from the assumption that
media play a crucial role for populist discourses of authenticity,
the volume moves beyond conventional and social media by expanding
its focus to media in formal education, notably school textbooks
and curricula. These two particular media formats lastingly shape
younger generations and thus the future. The proposed volume adopts
global perspectives from three postcolonial countries that are
often beyond the scope of studies dealing with populist discourses
and media entanglements - insights that contribute new aspects to
international scholarly debates.
This edited volume breaks new ground and opens up new perspectives
by capturing the role played by claims to authenticity in populist
discourses in Brazil, India and Ukraine. By conceiving of both
triumphant populism and increasing demands for authenticity as
expressions of crisis, the volume seeks to satisfy the need to take
a closer look at yearnings for orientation in a globalised world
that is often associated with rapid social change and the
disappearance of old certainties. Starting from the assumption that
media play a crucial role for populist discourses of authenticity,
the volume moves beyond conventional and social media by expanding
its focus to media in formal education, notably school textbooks
and curricula. These two particular media formats lastingly shape
younger generations and thus the future. The proposed volume adopts
global perspectives from three postcolonial countries that are
often beyond the scope of studies dealing with populist discourses
and media entanglements - insights that contribute new aspects to
international scholarly debates.
The Second World War was filled with many terrible crimes, such as
genocide, forced migration and labour, human-made famine, forced
sterilizations, and dispossession, that occurred on an
unprecedented scale. Authenticity and Victimhood after the Second
World War examines victim groups constructed in the twentieth
century in the aftermath of these experiences. The collection
explores the concept of authenticity through an examination of
victims' histories and the construction of victimhood in Europe and
East Asia. Chapters consider how notions of historical authenticity
influence the self-identification and public recognition of a given
social group, the tensions arising from individual and group
experiences of victimhood, and the resulting, sometimes divergent,
interpretation of historical events. Drawing from case studies on
topics including the Holocaust, the siege of Leningrad, American
air raids on Japan, and forced migrations from Eastern Europe,
Authenticity and Victimhood after the Second World War demonstrates
the trend towards a victim-centred collective memory as well as the
interplay of memory politics and public commemorative culture.
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