"This book presents an innovative theoretical and empirical approach to the present attributions of meaning to the past. Based on the author's fieldwork in the contemporary Polish town of Oswiecim - Auschwitz, in German - it observes the manner in which residents remember and narrate the p...

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1. Verfasser:	Putte, Thomas van de (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York, NY Routledge 2022
Schriftenreihe:	Memory studies: global constellations
Schlagworte:	Kollektives Gedächtnis Oświęcim Collective memory / Poland / Oświęcim Social psychology / Poland Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Narration (Rhetoric) / Social aspects / Poland Oral interpretation / History Collective memory Narration (Rhetoric) / Social aspects Oral interpretation Social psychology Poland Poland / Oświęcim History
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Zusammenfassung:	"This book presents an innovative theoretical and empirical approach to the present attributions of meaning to the past. Based on the author's fieldwork in the contemporary Polish town of Oswiecim - Auschwitz, in German - it observes the manner in which residents remember and narrate the past of their town, drawing on interactional perspectives from the work of figures such as George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman to shed light on the shaping of memories in everyday interactions, both face-to-face and online. With attention to narratives concerning pre-war Catholic-Jewish coexistence, wartime Nazi Occupation, the Holocaust and post-war Communist Poland, the author explores the complementary, fluid and contradictory nature of meaning-making processes in various contemporary interactional contexts. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in memory studies, the Holocaust and interactional sociology"--
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ISBN:	9781003143017
DOI:	10.4324/9781003143017