Dynamics of memory and identity in contemporary Europe

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Dynamics of memory and identity in contemporary Europe

[edited by] Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger

Berghahn, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-236) and index

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The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today's eastern Europe. At the same time, in recent years, the Europeanization of Holocaust memory and a growing sense of the need to stage a more "self-critical" memory has significantly changed the way in which western Europe commemorates and memorializes the past. The increasing dissatisfaction among scholars with the blanket, undifferentiated use of the term "collective memory" is evolving in new directions. This volume brings the tension into focus while addressing the state of memory theory itself.

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Introduction Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, & Ruth Wittlinger Chapter 1. Dynamics of Generational Memory: Understanding the East-West Divide Harald Wydra Chapter 2. Time-out for National Heroes? Gender as an Analytical Category in the Study of Memory Cultures Helle Bjerg & Claudia Lenz Chapter 3. The Memory-Market Dictum: Gauging the Inherent Bias in Different Data Sources Common in Collective Memory Studies Mark A. Wolfgram Chapter 4. Remembering WWII in Europe - Structures of Remembrance Christian Gudehus Chapter 5. Ach(tung) Europa: German Writers and the Establishment of a Collective Memory of Europe Hans-Joachim Hahn Chapter 6. Critiquing the Stranger, Inventing Europe: Integration and the Fascist Legacy Mark Wagstaff Chapter 7. The Thread That Binds Together: Lidice, Oradour, Putten, and the Memory of World War II Madelon de Keizer Chapter 8. Memory of World War II in France: National and Transnational Dynamics Henning Meyer Chapter 9. The Field of the Blackbirds and the Battle for Europe Anna Di Lellio Chapter 10. Transformation of Memory in Croatia: Removing Yugoslav Anti-Fascism Ljiljana Radonic Chapter 11. German Victimhood Discourse in Comparative Perspective Bill Niven Chapter 12. Shaking off the Past? The New Germany in the New Europe Ruth Wittlinger Conclusion: A Plea for an "Intergovernmental" European Memory Eric Langenbacher Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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