Competing memories of European border towns
| Titel: | Competing memories of European border towns / edited by Steen Bo Frandsen, Jörg Hackmann and Kimmo Katajala |
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| Beteiligt: | ; ; |
| Veröffentlicht: | London; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 |
| Umfang: | xi, 208 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Routledge borderlands studies |
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| ISBN: | 9781032674926 |
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This book considers competing memory politics in European border towns after the First and Second World Wars.
In the twentieth century Europe's borders shifted dramatically in the wake of war, and towns were often moved from one state to another despite their physical locations remaining unchanged. Urban spaces adapted to incorporate new place names, monuments, and requirements, overlaid onto the cultural heritage of previous settlers. This book investigates how the memories of different ethnic groups compete and sometimes contest with each other in the town's space, using the case studies of Vyborg/Viipuri in present-day Russia, Klaipeda/Memel in Lithuania, Szczecin/Stettin in Poland, Flensburg in Germany, Trieste in Italy, and Rijeka/Fiume in Croatia. The book considers how public memories are built and how old traditions are moulded to new forms in urban settings.
Drawing on perspectives from across borderland, urban, and memory studies, this book will be an important resource for researchers with an interest in Europe, and in how urban memories are constructed and contested.
