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The Resource Guardians of living history : an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia, Inge Melchior, (electronic resource)

Guardians of living history : an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia, Inge Melchior, (electronic resource)

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Guardians of Living History: An Ethnography of Post-Soviet Memory Making in Estonia interrogates how people living in a society with an extremely complicated, violent past, only a short history of independence, and a desire to belong to Europe engage with the past, both within their families and as members of a national community. In line with other scholarship on memory, this book shows that many Estonians desire an established collective story, as they live in a society where their national identity is quite regularly under threat. At the same time however, that same closure is perceived to pose a threat to the survival of Estonian culture and independence. Guardians of Living History provides an intimate insight into the lives of Estonians from the countryside, former deportees, young intellectuals, and memory activists, who all in their own ways act as guardians of a national history: a history which they wish to keep alive, apolitical, and as close to their family stories as possible.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (368 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction : persisting pasts in the margins of Europe
  • Making an emotional 'history of the people'
  • On the margins of history : good old Soviet times
  • Personal memories becoming national history
  • Postmemory : the inherited obligation to secure the future
  • Committed to the past : memory activists in search of dignity and justice
  • WWII on the periphery of Europe : a contested chapter
  • Conclusion : guardians of living history
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9789462989023
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Guardians of living history : an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia
Title
Guardians of living history
Title remainder
an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia
Statement of responsibility
Inge Melchior
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Guardians of Living History: An Ethnography of Post-Soviet Memory Making in Estonia interrogates how people living in a society with an extremely complicated, violent past, only a short history of independence, and a desire to belong to Europe engage with the past, both within their families and as members of a national community. In line with other scholarship on memory, this book shows that many Estonians desire an established collective story, as they live in a society where their national identity is quite regularly under threat. At the same time however, that same closure is perceived to pose a threat to the survival of Estonian culture and independence. Guardians of Living History provides an intimate insight into the lives of Estonians from the countryside, former deportees, young intellectuals, and memory activists, who all in their own ways act as guardians of a national history: a history which they wish to keep alive, apolitical, and as close to their family stories as possible.--
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Melchior, Inge
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
  • Heritage and memory studies
  • JSTOR eBooks
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • National characteristics, Estonian
  • Post-communism
  • Collective memory
  • Estonia
Label
Guardians of living history : an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia, Inge Melchior, (electronic resource)
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Publication
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online resource
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : persisting pasts in the margins of Europe -- Making an emotional 'history of the people' -- On the margins of history : good old Soviet times -- Personal memories becoming national history -- Postmemory : the inherited obligation to secure the future -- Committed to the past : memory activists in search of dignity and justice -- WWII on the periphery of Europe : a contested chapter -- Conclusion : guardians of living history
Control code
CR9789048541430
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (368 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9789462989023
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1192488357
Label
Guardians of living history : an ethnography of Post-Soviet memory making in Estonia, Inge Melchior, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : persisting pasts in the margins of Europe -- Making an emotional 'history of the people' -- On the margins of history : good old Soviet times -- Personal memories becoming national history -- Postmemory : the inherited obligation to secure the future -- Committed to the past : memory activists in search of dignity and justice -- WWII on the periphery of Europe : a contested chapter -- Conclusion : guardians of living history
Control code
CR9789048541430
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (368 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9789462989023
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1192488357

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