Collective Memories in War

TitleCollective Memories in War
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsKrzysztof Koseła, E. I︠u︡ Rozhdestvenskai︠a︡, V. I. Semenova, I. N. Tartakovskai︠a︡
Series TitleStudies in European Sociology
PublisherRoutledge
CityLondon
ISBN Number978-1-138-93548-8
Abstract

This edited collection offers an empirical exploration of social memory in the context of politics, war, identity and culture. With a substantive focus on Eastern Europe, it employs the methodologies of visual studies, content and discourse analysis, in-depth interviews and surveys to substantiate how memory narratives are composed and rewritten in changing ideological and political contexts. The book examines various historical events, including the Russian-Afghan war of 1979-89 and World War II, and considers public and local rituals, monuments and museums, textbook accounts, gender and the body. As such it provides a rich picture of post-socialist memory construction and function based in interdisciplinary memory studies.