TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anna Witeska-Mlynarczyk
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653032321
TI  - Evoking Polish Memory
T2  - State, Self and the Communist Past in Transition
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-03232-1
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047555
N2  - 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 of individuals, civic society, state bureaucracy and politics. The book focuses on the beliefs, hopes and fears of people who became the subjects of historical policy during their lifetimes.
KW  - memory landscape, Politische Identität, Geschichtlichkeit, politische Gewalt, Erinnerung, Kommunismus
LA  - English
ER  -