Daughters’ Stories
Family Memory and Generational Amnesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11078428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniela Koleva (0000-0002-9324-4033, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-206 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Oral History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0798 • E-ISSN: 1533-8592 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ohr/ohp040 |
| PMID | 19999633 |
| OpenAlex | W1964258231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
After World War II, most Bulgarian Jews emigrated legally to Israel. Those who stayed had to take part in the building of socialism and integrate in a monolithic "socialist nation." Thereby they had to "forget" their ethnic identity ("aided by the state in various ways) and to become "Homo politicus" rather than "Homo ethnicus." Since 1990, a revival of Jewish identity has begun in Bulgaria. Here I explore how the women of three generations from the same family reinvent their Jewish identity in their life stories. Drawing on this particular case, I suggest an approach to the question of the interplay of individual and collective memory. I focus on family and generation as different types of collectivities influencing individual memories and self-actualizations.
Aesthetics · Amnesia · Art · Bulgarian · Childhood amnesia · Childhood memory · Collective memory · Communism · Ethnic group · Identity (music) · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science) · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |