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Skultans Vieda |
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Titolo |
The testimony of lives : narrative and memory in post-Soviet Latvia / / Vieda Skultans |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-71488-2 |
1-280-31853-8 |
0-203-44501-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Latvia History 20th century |
Latvia History 1940-1991 Biography |
Latvia Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A FAMILY HISTORY; 2 A CHRONICLE OF RESEARCH; 3 ORDER IN NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE; 4 READING LETTERS; 5 DESTINY AND THE SHAPING OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY; 6 THE EXPROPRIATION OF BIOGRAPHY; 7 THE LIVED AND THE REMEMBERED FOREST; 8 DAMAGED LIVES, DAMAGED HEALTH; 9 MEANINGS LOST AND GAINED; 10 HABITABLE IDENTITIES; APPENDIX I : HISTORICAL BEARINGS; APPENDIX II: PRINCIPAL NARRATORS; NOTES; LATVIAN REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1944 Skultans left Latvia as a refugee. In 1990 she returned for the first time. This book is both a personal account of a homecoming, and an anthropology of a nation trying to come to terms with its past and facing an uncertain future. |
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