Sell a Book and Cook a Dog
Misery, Memory and Space from Siberian Camps to Apartheid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2394487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Els Van Dongen (0000-0003-2342-0932, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-385 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461504045645 |
| PMID | 15551726 |
| OpenAlex | W2151309532 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
In this article, the life story of a Polish woman in South Africa is used to illustrate that stories of exile are 'matter out of place' in host countries. Space is a central category in both the story of exiles and in the collective history of receiving countries, but it has different emotional, social, cultural and political meanings. Sometimes stories of exile are denied a place in the social memory of a society. Therefore, recollection and making sense of experienced misery in foreign contexts is often a difficult and lonely undertaking. The article links the story to macro-political processes and attempts to answer questions regarding the consequences of the lack of meaningful space for exiles to remember. Collective and national memories and ceremonies are often exclusive and offer no place for 'alien' memories. Therapeutic repertoires often fail to address the emotional value of communal sharing a socio-cultural and (meta) physical space. It is argued that because the state does not take responsibility for providing a (symbolic) space for the mourning and reconciliation of people whose memories are out of place, transcultural psychiatry - its subsystem - will have to reflect on how to provide such a space
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Collective memory · Cultural memory · Political science · Politics · Recall · Social space · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology
After the TRC
Tense Past
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Lives
Remaking a WorldViolence, Social Suffering, and Recovery
Memory, History, and the Extermination of the Jews of Europe
Suffering, justice, and the politics of becoming
Diaspora, diaspora space and polish women
Mourning becomes
Testimonio, a Bridge Between Psychotherapy and Sociotherapy
Die lewe vat ek net soos ek dit kry.” Life Stories and Remembrance of Older Coloured People on Farms in the Western Cape Province
Historical memory as a source of conflicts in Eastern Europe1
Negotiating the Past
Grand national narratives and the project of truth commissions
Political violence, ethnic conflict, and contemporary wars
Stories of illness and trauma survival
Stories of illness as care of the self
Seeing Like a State
Diasporas
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |