Germany, Poland and postmemorial relations : In search of a livable past

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Germany, Poland and postmemorial relations : In search of a livable past

Title remainder

In search of a livable past

Statement of responsibility

Edited by Kristin Kopp, Joanna Nizynska

Contributor

• Kopp, Kristin
• Nizynska, Joanna

Subject

• Collective memory -- Germany
• Collective memory -- Poland
• Germany -- Relations -- Poland
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
• Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
• Poland -- Relations -- Germany
• Population transfers -- Germans | History -- 20th century
• Post-communism -- Social aspects
• Reconciliation -- Social aspects
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence

Language

eng

Summary

Covering the period following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU, this collection focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character.

Member of

• Europe in transition: The NYU European studies series
• Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

Dewey number

327.430438

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

Germany, Poland, and Postmemorial Relations addresses the relationship between German and Polish memory discourses and practices after 1989, following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU. As opposed to the bilateral approach of other memory studies, this volume focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character. The contributors pose critical questions about the dynamics of the public discourse of memory and their cultural manifestations. Their findings indicate shifts in the Grand Memorial Narrative of Polish-German relations, from an engagement with a politics of entitlement to an EU-facilitated politics of reconciliation. They expand the operative notion of postmemory from the individual dimension to the collective, and reveal postmemory's formation as vulnerable to political, cultural, and economic pressures. This volume is addressed to a broad academic and non-academic audience interested in Central European culture and history