Gulag Memories: The Rediscovery and Commemoration of Russia's Repressive Past
Z. Bogumil
Though the institution of the Gulag was nominally closed over half a
decade ago, it lives on as an often hotly contested site of memory in
the post-socialist era. This ethnographic study takes a holistic,
comprehensive approach to understanding memories of the Gulag, and
particularly the language of commemoration that surrounds it in
present-day Russian society. It focuses on four regions of particular
historical significance—the Solovetsky Islands, the Komi Republic, the
Perm region, and Kolyma—to carefully explore how memories become a
social phenomenon, how objects become heritage, and how the human need
to create sites of memory has preserved the Gulag in specific ways
today.
decade ago, it lives on as an often hotly contested site of memory in
the post-socialist era. This ethnographic study takes a holistic,
comprehensive approach to understanding memories of the Gulag, and
particularly the language of commemoration that surrounds it in
present-day Russian society. It focuses on four regions of particular
historical significance—the Solovetsky Islands, the Komi Republic, the
Perm region, and Kolyma—to carefully explore how memories become a
social phenomenon, how objects become heritage, and how the human need
to create sites of memory has preserved the Gulag in specific ways
today.
年:
2018
出版社:
Berghahn Books
语言:
english
页:
248
ISBN 10:
1785339273
ISBN 13:
9781785339271
文件:
PDF, 23.40 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018