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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794076703321

Titolo

The burden of the past : history, memory, and identity in contemporary Ukraine / / edited by Anna Wylegala and Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

9780253046734 (eBook)

0253046734

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 307 pages)

Disciplina

947.70072

Soggetti

Memory - Ukraine

Group identity - Ukraine

Ukraine Historiography

Ukraine History 1917-1921

Ukraine History 1921-1944

Ukraine History 1944-1991

Ukraine History 1991-2014

Ukraine History 2014-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In a century marked by totalitarian regimes, genocide, mass migrations, and shifting borders, the concept of memory in Eastern Europe is often synonymous with notions of trauma. In Ukraine, memory mechanisms were disrupted by political systems seeking to repress and control the past in order to form new national identities supportive of their own agendas. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, memory in Ukraine was released, creating alternate visions of the past, new national heroes, and new victims. This release of memories led to new conflicts and "memory wars." How does the past exist in contemporary Ukraine? The works collected in The Burden of the Past focus on commemorative practices, the politics of history, and the way memory influences Ukrainian politics, identity, and culture. The works



explore contemporary memory culture in Ukraine and the ways in which it is being researched and understood. Drawing on work from historians, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and political scientists, the collection represents a truly interdisciplinary approach. Taken together, the groundbreaking scholarship collected in The Burden of the Past provides insight into how memories can be warped and abused, and how this abuse can have lasting effects on a country seeking to create a hopeful future"--