Del i serien Memory Studies: Global Constellations

Memory in Postmigration Communities

Field of Memory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book offers an exploration of Postmigration memory fields—spaces where multiple and often conflicting memory narratives of the same past event intersect within a limited locality. Focusing on Poland and the remembrance of the postwar and post-communist periods, it examines what happens when diverse mnemonic trajectories converge in small communities: how memories coexist, clash, merge, or become silenced.By defining and illustrating diverse modes of social memory formation, the book explores how communities decide what becomes their heritage and how families, local authorities, and cultural institutions work to balance overlapping, and sometimes conflicting, memories within a shared space. Can a local museum that strives to encompass multiple narratives still act as a cohesive bearer of identity? Can families with ancestors from dispersed regions weave a coherent story about themselves?Combining theoretical insight with grounded ethnographic analysis, Memory in Postmigration Communities provides conceptual and methodological tools for studying societies shaped by total or large-scale population exchange. It will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, anthropology, history, and memory studies interested in collective remembrance, local identity, and post-displacement heritage.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-03-16
Mått156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt430 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMemory Studies: Global Constellations
Antal sidor140
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032680248

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'This book is a rigorously researched, theoretically rich, and conceptually ambitious study of memory in two contemporary Polish communities shaped by postwar migration. Łukianow introduces practical definitions for the still-emerging field of memory studies and demonstrates that multidirectionality and agonism are not just ethical orientations but are shaped by unevenly distributed forms of symbolic recognition. The author’s meticulous analysis and theoretical rigor make this book a much-needed intervention in memory studies of Central Europe.'Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences.