Displacement and (Post)memory in Post-Soviet Women's Writing

The book examines prominent literary works from the past two decades by Russian women writers dealing with the Soviet past.It explores works such asDaniel Stein, Interpreterby Ludmilla Ulitskaya,The Time of Womenby Elena Chizhova,Secondhand Time: The Last of the Sovietsby Svetlana Alexievich, andInMemory of Memoryby Maria Stepanova, and uncovers connecting thematic structures and features. Focusing on the concepts of displacement and postmemory, the book shows how these works have given voice to those on the margins of society and of 'great history' whose resistance was often silent. In doing so, these women writers portray the everyday experiences and trauma of displaced women and girls during the second half of the twentieth century. This study offers new insights into the importance of these women writers' work in creating and preserving cultural memory in post-Soviet Russia.