The absent ‘Others’
A comparative study of memories of displacement in Poland and Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Wylegała (0000-0001-5575-4123, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 470-486 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698015575175 |
| OpenAlex | W1900689804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
The article is a comparative study of memories concerning displacement and the violence which accompanied it in post-war Poland and Ukraine. On the basis of case studies of two small, local communities, I attempt to answer how the inhabitants of townships which suffered mass displacement remember those who were exiled – the Others. Analysing biographical narratives of the oldest generation of deportees, I describe strategies for dealing with difficult memories, such as the tabooing of violence and the externalisation of guilt. In order to explain the differences between narratives from the two towns, I draw upon factors known to shape biographical memory, such as the individual biographical experience, local and national cultures of memory, remembrance practices and contacts with other biographical memories
Art · Collective memory · Displacement (psychology · Literature · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |