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Memory Archipelago of the Communist Past

Public Narratives and Personal Recollections

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Authors:
  1. Daniela Koleva

    1. History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  • Explores the traumatic narrative through the local memory of the forced-labor camp in Belene
  • Deals with gaining understanding of post-communist memory across Central and Eastern Europe
  • Keeping Bulgaria in focus, it explores ‘official’ memory, forged by European and state institutions

Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies (PMMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Navigating the Memory Archipelago

    • Daniela Koleva
    Pages 1-26

  3. Politics of Memory and Memory Cultures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. The New ‘Grand Narrative’: Coping with the Past

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 29-50

    3. Politics of Justice: Transitional Justice

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 51-86

    4. Politics of Recognition

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 87-134

  4. Memory Narratives and Mnemonic Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. ‘Thorns in the Spirit’: Traumatic Narratives

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 137-212

    3. ‘Sorrow, Almost Hope’: Nostalgic Narratives

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 213-275

    4. Conclusion: Is There Hope for Memory?

      • Daniela Koleva
      Pages 277-285

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 287-296
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About this book

This book looks at the memory of the communist past in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Bulgaria: its “official” memory, constructed by institutions, its public memory, molded by media, rituals, books and films and the urban environment, and the everyday or ‘vernacular’ memory. It investigates how the recent past is remembered and the circumstances upon which this memory is conditioned - how is communism/socialism construed as a public recollection? Do these processes differ in the distinct post-communist countries? The book’s first part traces the institutional and political dimensions of coping with the communist past and the second part concentrates on personal reminiscences and vernacular memory. The book will be of interest for researchers and students in the fields of memory studies, Central and East European studies, oral history and contemporary history, as well as for specialists at institutions of memory and memory activists and organisations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Daniela Koleva

About the author

Daniela Koleva is professor of Oral history and Memory studies at Sofia University working in the fields of oral history and anthropology of socialism and post-socialism, biographical and cultural memory, politics of memory and heritage. She has published a monograph on the ‘normal life course’ in communist Bulgaria and a number of edited volumes, book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. 

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