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Cracks in A National Narrative of the Past : = Three Case Studies of Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,手稿 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Cracks in A National Narrative of the Past :/
其他題名:	Three Case Studies of Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia.
作者:	Spurina, Maija.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (226 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-11A(E).
標題:	Sociology. -
電子資源:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355054637

Cracks in A National Narrative of the Past : = Three Case Studies of Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia.
Spurina, Maija.

Cracks in A National Narrative of the Past :Three Case Studies of Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia. - 1 online resource (226 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

In this dissertation, I examine how the Latvian national narrative was crafted and altered after the end of the Soviet regime. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union Latvian political memory has been dominated by a singular hegemonic narrative of the past, one which employed binary categories and was characterized by certain ethnocentric and self-defensive traits. In this dissertation I outline the national narrative, examine social conditions of its permanence, and observes social processes that challenge its dominance. In three case studies I show how such challenges appear as "cracks" in the Latvian national story that stem from historical inconsistencies -- past episodes, actors or periods that do not readily fit the dominant plotline and have contrasting representations in cultural and communicative memories. The cracks evolve from the complex interactions of various actors and mnemonic communities which do not always deliberately seek to break away from dominant representations of the past. Each of the three case studies I examine a distinct episode in Latvia's 20th century history. The first case study focuses on representations of the Soviet period in history education. The second follows contested reforms of a Soviet memorial dedicated to Latvian Riflemen in WWI. And the third case study focuses on a musical about a member of SS Einsatzgruppen (Nazi Auxiliary Security Police) in WWII. All three case studies probe the relationship between three modes of collective memory -- political, cultural, and communicative -- and show how the disparities between them can shift the political discourse of the past.

Electronic reproduction.
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2018

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ISBN: 9780355054637Subjects--Topical Terms:

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