Milieux De Me´moire in Late Modernity : : Local Communities, Religion and Historical Politics / / Zuzanna Bogumil, Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper.

• VerfasserIn: Bogumil, Zuzanna,; Glowacka-Grajper, Malgorzata,
• TeilnehmendeR: Glowacka-Grajper, Malgorzata,
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)

This book shows how vernacular communities commemorate their traumatic experiences of World War II. It draws on four case studies: Kałków-Godów, Michniów, Jedwabne and Markowa, to argue that it is still possible in the Polish countryside to discover milieux de mémoire. The state also uses local...

Table of Contents

• Cover; Copyright information; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; The Local Community in Late Modernity; The Second World War as a Key Event in Poland's Most Recent History; The Global Turn Toward Moral Narratives; The Catholic Church and Religious Language Used for Commemorating the National Past; Postwar Forms of Remembrance a Time of Crosses and Shrines; Forms of Remembrance of the 1980s and 1990s a Time of Sanctuaries; Forms of Remembrance in the Twenty-First Century a Time of Narrative Projects; Research Methodology; The Book's Structure Ka ł k ó w-God ó wKa ł k ó w-God ó w During the Second World War; Vernacular Memory of the Second World War; Local Controversies Connected with Memory of the Second World War; National Martyrdom in the Sanctuary Narrative; Ka ł k ó w-God ó w as a Site of Memory for Peasants; The Power of Religious Memory; Michni ó w; Michni ó w During the Second World War; The History of the Michni ó w Pacification's Memorialization; The Memory of a Rural Community and Historical Policy; Controversies Relating to Narratives of Wartime Events; Controversies Surrounding Commemoration of the Pacification Anniversary Ceremonies: Between Local and National MemoryThe Transmission of Memory on a Local, National, and Global Level; Between Traditional and Modern Methods of Commemoration; Jedwabne; Jedwabne During the Second World War; The Massacre of 10 July 1941 and Its Contemporary Interpretation; Memory of the Massacre of Jews in Jedwabne up to 2001; Jedwabne from 2000 to 2001; The Jedwabnians as a Parish Community; The PRL Monuments in Jedwabne; The "Jewish" Monument a Lost Milieu of Memory?; Jedwabne's "Monument Therapy" the Sybiraks Memorial Stage Two of "Monument Therapy" the Tomb of the Unknown SoldierThe Jedwabnians' Post-Vernacular Memory; Markowa; The History of Markowa; The Ulma Family; The Beginnings of the Ulmas' Commemoration; Family Memory and the Ulmas' Commemoration; The Beginnings of Religious Commemoration 2003: The Watershed Year; Between Religious and Secular Remembrance; The Museum Memory Project and National Memory of the Ulmas; The Meaning of Material Repositories for Memory of the Ulmas; Not only the Ulmas On the Polish Righteous; The Religious and National Political Dimensions of Memory of the Ulmas ConclusionList of Figures; Bibliography; Note on Authors; Index.