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Title Germany, Poland, and postmemorial relations : in search of a livable past / edited by Kristin Kopp and Joanna Niżyńska
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012

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Series Europe in transition : the NYU European studies series
Contents Introduction: Between Entitlement and Reconciliation: Germany and Poland's Post-Memory after 1989; K. Kopp & J. Nizynska -- PART I: THE POLITICS OF POSTMEMORY -- Shadows of Memory in Polish-German Relations (1989₆2005); W. Jarzabek -- History by Decree? The Commission of Historians of the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Poland 1956-1990; S. Guth -- 'The Law Alleviates Concerns': Legal Dimensions of Polish-German Reconciliation; P. Lutomski -- Eclipsing the Polish-German Past to Construct a Post-Socialist Polish Memory-Culture; H. Hein-Kircher -- PART II: THE GRAND NARRATIVES OF POSTMEMORY -- When Poland was Home: Nostalgic Returns in Grass and Wolf; A. Bammer -- Declaring War: Attitudes Towards the Years 1939-1945 in the Literature of the Post-1990s; P. Czaplinski -- Liberation from Memory: Memory, Post-Memory, or Subverted Memory inWhat Does the Messenger Girl Doby Foks & Libera; M. Zaleski -- Interviews with Jan T. Gross (2007/2009); J. Labov & J.T. Gross -- Genre and Intervention: Reflections on the Reception of Neighbors and Fear; J. Labov -- Relocating Auschwitz: Affective Relations in the Jewish-German-Polish Troika; E. Lehrer -- The 'Lodzermensch': From Cultural Contamination to Marketable Multiculturalism; W.W. Chu -- 'We are Prussia Today': Polish-German Variations on a Vanished State; G. Thum
Introduction: Between Entitlement and Reconciliation : Germany and Poland's Post-Memory after 1989 / Kristin Kopp and Joanna Nizynska -- Part I. The Politics of Postmemory -- Shadows of Memory in Polish-German Relations (1989-2005) / Wanda Jarzabek -- History by Decree? The Commission of Historians of the German Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Poland, 1956-1990 / Stefan Guth -- "The Law Alleviates Concerns" : Legal Dimensions of Polish-German Reconciliation / Pawel Lutomski -- Eclipsing the Polish-German Past to Construct a Post-Socialist Polish Memory-Culture / Heidi Hein-Kircher -- Part II. The Grand Narratives of Postmemory -- When Poland was Home : Nostalgic Returns in Grass and Wolf / Angelika Bammer -- Declaring War : Attitudes Towards the Years 1939-1945 in the Literature of the Post-1990s / Przemyslaw Czaplinski -- Liberation from Memory : Memory, Post-Memory, or Subverted Memory in What Does the Messenger Girl Do by Foks & Libera / Marek Zaleski -- Interview with Jan T. Gross (2007/2009) / Jesse Labov and Jan T. Gross -- Genre and Intervention : Reflections on the Reception of Neighbors and Fear / Jessie Labov -- Relocating Auschwitz : Affective Relations in the Jewish-German-Polish Troika / Erica Lehrer -- The "Lodzermensch" : From Cultural Contamination to Marketable Multiculturalism / Winson W. Chu -- "We are Prussia Today" : Polish-German Variations on a Vanished State / Gregor Thum
Summary Germany, Poland, and Postmemorial Relations addresses the relationship between German and Polish memory discourses and practices after 1989, following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU. As opposed to the bilateral approach of other memory studies, this volume focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character. The contributors pose critical questions about the dynamics of the public discourse of memory and their cultural manifestations. Their findings indicate shifts in the Grand Memorial Narrative of Polish-German relations, from an engagement with a politics of entitlement to an EU-facilitated politics of reconciliation. They expand the operative notion of postmemory from the individual dimension to the collective, and reveal postmemory's formation as vulnerable to political, cultural, and economic pressures. This volume is addressed to a broad academic and non-academic audience interested in Central European culture and history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
Population transfers -- Germans -- History -- 20th century
Collective memory -- Germany
Collective memory -- Poland
Post-communism -- Social aspects
Reconciliation -- Social aspects
International relations -- c 1990 to c 2000 -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Germany -- Poland.
European history -- c 1990 to c 2000 -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Germany -- Poland.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 -- c 1990 to c 2000 -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Germany -- Poland.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
Politics and Government.
Collective memory
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
International relations
Population transfers -- Germans
Post-communism -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Germany -- Relations -- Poland
Poland -- Relations -- Germany
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104100
Subject Germany
Poland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kopp, Kristin Leigh
Niżyńska, Joanna
ISBN 9781137052056
1137052058
9780230337305
0230337309