Stories of Justification – Stories of Absolution

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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6133989
AutoresKarina Hoření (0000-0003-1791-4717, Institute of Slavic Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume111
Fascículo2
Páginas147-172
Data de publicação2024-06-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoČeský lid (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0009-0794 • E-ISSN: 2570-9216
EditoraInstitute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.21104/cl.2024.2.01
OpenAlexW4400272997
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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