| Title |
Negotiating borders: conflicting memories of World War II participants in Lithuania / |
| Translation of Title |
Derybų sienos: prieštaringi Antrojo pasaulinio karo dalyvių Lietuvoje prisiminimai. |
| Authors |
Šutinienė, Irena |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
The Dynamics of Cultural Borders. Approaches to Culture Theory 6. Kannike, A., Tasa, M. (eds.).. Tartu : University of Tartu Press. 2016, 6, p. 169-188.. ISSN 2228-060X. eISSN 2228-4117 |
| Keywords [eng] |
war ; memory ; memory conflicts ; Lithuania |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article explores the memory strategies employed by Lithuanian II world war veterans on the level of communicative memory in order to cope with issues perceived as problematic or conflicting in present contexts of remembrance culture. Based on the analysis of oral history narratives of three groups of war veterans, the article reveals, how on the level of communicative memory, on the one part, problematic issues of war memory are negotiated or mitigated, on the other part, the memory of traumatic war experience expressed on this level may impede resolution of contradictions. Analysis reveals the importance of strategy of victimization and apology-forgiveness rituals for overcoming contradictory issues of war memory and resolution of memory-based conflicts among war participants. |
| Published |
Tartu : University of Tartu Press |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2016 |
