Memory Archipelago of the Communist Past: Public Narratives and Personal Recollections (Palgrave MacMillan Memory Studies)

Memory Archipelago of the Communist Past: Public Narratives and Personal Recollections (Palgrave MacMillan Memory Studies)

Daniela Koleva
$119.99
Publication Date: June 26th, 2022
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9783031046575
Pages:
296
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Description

Introduction: Memory Archipelago

Part One. Politics of memory and cultures of memory

Chapter 1. The new 'grand narrative': coping with the past

Chapter 2. Politics of justice: the transitional justice

Chapter 3. Politics of recognition

Part Two. Narratives of memory and mnemonic communities

Chapter 4. 'Thorns in the spirit': traumatic narratives

Chapter 5. 'Sorrow, almost hope': nostalgic narratives

Conclusion: Is there hope for memory?


About the Author

Daniela Koleva is professor of Oral history and Memory studies at Sofia University working in the fields of oral history and anthropology of socialism and post-socialism, biographical and cultural memory, politics of memory and heritage. She has published a monograph on the 'normal life course' in communist Bulgaria and a number of edited volumes, book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals.

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