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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: National Identity in Eastern Europe after Communism
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Dynamics of National Identity: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological Approaches
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Front Matter
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Empirical Research: Historical Experience and Intergenerational Differences
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Back Matter
About this book
This book contributes to the theoretical and methodological discussion about how the diverging experiences of generations and their historical memories play a role in the process of national identity formation. Drawing from narratives gathered within the Ukrainian minority in northern Poland and centered on the collective trauma of Action Vistula, where in 1947 about 140,000 Ukrainians were resettled from south-eastern Poland and relocated to the north-western areas, this study shows that three generations vary considerably with regard to their understandings of home, integration, history and religion. Thus, generational differences are an essential element in the analysis and understanding of social and political change. The findings of this study provide a contribution to debates about the process based nature of national identity, the role of trauma in creating generational consciousness and how generations should be conceptualized.
Authors and Affiliations
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Bremen, Germany
Alexandra Wangler
About the author
Dr. Alexandra Wangler is co‐leader in the EU‐research project MYPLACE (“Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement”) at the Institute Labour and Economy at the University of Bremen and lectures at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking History, Reframing Identity
Book Subtitle: Memory, Generations, and the Dynamics of National Identity in Poland
Authors: Alexandra Wangler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19226-0
Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: VS Verlag f�r Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-19225-3Published: 13 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-19226-0Published: 09 April 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 347
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Sciences, general