Remembering Karelia

A Family's Story of Displacement during and after the Finnish Wars

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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In June 1944, after two wars with the Soviet Union, the Finnish region of Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union. As a result, the Finnish population of Karelia, nearly 11% of the Finnish population, was moved across the new border. The war years, the loss of territory, the resettlement of the Karelian population, and the reparations that had to be paid to the Allied Forces, were experiences shared by most people living in Finland between 1939 and the late 1950s. Using a family's memoirs, the author shows how these traumatic events affected people in all spheres of their lives and also how they coped physically and emotionally.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-03-18
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt404 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571816504

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsA Note on SourcesChapter 1. Event and MeaningInkilä, 1997Community DiscourseThe Historical ContextChapter 2. Subjective MeaningRoutines and RitualsThe Lutheran Church in KirvuResidual StructuresChapter 3. Significant WorldsTopogenyThe Text as a WorldChapter 4. Genealogical NarrativesMarriage and Alliance OriginsA House Called Poja-AatamThe Central Story: Eskola HouseKarelian House SocietyChapter 5. Kinship and Nation Getting MarriedInheritance Exchange and TransmissionChapter 6. Wartime: A National EventIndividual Voices and Collective MemoryThe Civil War and Its AftermathSivistys Women and Sacrifice in WarExtraordinary Noted Narratives and National EventsPatriotismChapter 7. Mamma hyvä: Meaning and Value in LettersApples and SugarLiving ProperlyRhubarb and Cultural TransmissionChapter 8. Towards MythologyThe First EvacuationExperiencing OthernessBack Home in InkiläThe Second EvacuationEnd of War, 1944 BoundariesChapter 9. Conclusion: National Political CultureNotesReferencesIndex