Dynamics of memory and identity in contemporary Europe. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger.
• Editors: Langenbacher, Eric; Niven, William John, 1956-; Wittlinger, Ruth, 1961-
• Contents: 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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 940.01; Collective memory -- Europe; Group identity -- Europe; Europe -- History -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857455819
• Related ISBNs: 9780857455772
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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