Dynamics of memory and identity in contemporary Europe
By: edited by Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780857455772; 9780857455819
Subjects: Collective memory; Philosophy; Group identity; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger; title: Dynamics of generational memory : understanding the east-west divide / Harald Wydra; title: Time-out for national heroes? : gender as an analytical category in the study of memory cultures / Helle Bjerg and Claudia Lenz; title: The memory-market dictum : gauging the inherent bias in different data sources common in collective memory studies / Mark A. Wolfgram; title: Remembering WWII in Europe : structures of remembrance / Christian Gudehus; title: Ach(tung) Europa : German writers and the establishment of a collective memory of Europe / Hans-Joachim Hahn; title: Critiquing the stranger, inventing Europe : integration and the fascist legacy / Mark Wagstaff; title: The thread that binds together : Lidice, Oradour, Putten, and the memory of World War II / Madelon de Keizer; title: Memory of World War II in France : national and transnational dynamics / Henning Meyer; title: The field of the blackbirds and the battle for Europe / Anna Di Lellio; title: Transformation of memory in Croatia : removing Yugoslav anti-fascism / Ljiljana Radonic; title: German victimhood discourse in comparative perspective / Bill Niven; title: Shaking off the past? : the new Germany in the new Europe / Ruth Wittlinger; title: Conclusion : a plea for an 'intergovernmental' European memory / Eric Langenbacher.