Stories of Justification – Stories of Absolution

How Families in Liberec Came to Terms with Post-Displacement Heritage

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6133989
AutoresKarina Hoření (0000-0003-1791-4717, Institute of Slavic Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen111
Número2
Páginas147-172
Fecha de publicación2024-06-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaČeský lid (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0009-0794 • E-ISSN: 2570-9216
EditorialInstitute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.21104/cl.2024.2.01
OpenAlexW4400272997
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas15

The article focuses on how residents of the north Bohemian town of Liberec deal in their family histories with possession of post-displacement. The objects they use were confiscated from the German-speaking minority in the aftermath of World War 2. The text provides an overview of narratives of this event in the Czech public discourse and discusses how these are reflected in family stories. The study is based on three family histories collected during ethnographic fieldwork and the analytical framework is informed by memory studies and theories of hauntology

Archaeology · Art · Czech · Displaced person · Displacement (psychology · Ethnography · Genealogy · German · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Possession (linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Refugee · Sociology · Anthropology · Central European national history · Gender Studies · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Psychology