Life Writing and Politics of Memory in Eastern Europe

Download or read book Life Writing and Politics of Memory in Eastern Europe written by Simona Mitroiu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the issues of remembering and performing the past in Eastern European ex-communist states in the context of multiplication of the voices of the past. The book analyzes the various ways in which memory and remembrance operate; it does so by using different methods of recollecting the past, from oral history to cultural and historical institutions, and by drawing on various political and cultural theories and concepts. Through well-documented case studies the volume showcases the plurality of approaches available for analyzing the relationship between memory and narrative from an interdisciplinary and international perspective.