Rethinking History, Reframing Identity Memory, Generations, and the Dynamics of National Identity in Poland
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 cen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: National Identity in Eastern Europe after Communism
- National Identity as a Process
- The Life Course and Social Change
- Methodology
- The Ukrainians in Poland: Social Structure and History
- Homeland and Belonging as Factors of National Identity
- Overcoming the Past: Experience, Memory and the Present
- Talking about Identity and Prejudices: Interweaving Sameness and Otherness
- Religion, Language and Traditions in Everyday Life
- Conclusions: Explaining Heterogeneity in National Identity by Means of Generational Change