Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim by Thomas Van De Putte

Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim by Thomas Van De Putte

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Based on fieldwork in the contemporary Polish town of Oswiecim - Auschwitz in German - and drawing on interactionist thought, this book presents an innovative theoretical and empirical approach to the present attribution of meaning to the past, thus shedding light on the manner in which residents remember and narrate the past of their town.

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Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim by Thomas Van De Putte

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 Oświęcim – Auschwitz, in German – it observes the manner in which residents remember and narrate the past of their town, drawing on theoretical perspectives from the work of figures such as George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman. 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, both online and offline. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in memory studies, the Holocaust and interactional sociology.

Thomas Van de Putte is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy.

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ISBN 13 9780367697310
ISBN 10 0367697319
Titre Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim
Auteur Thomas Van De Putte
Série Memory Studies: Global Constellations
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Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Taylor & Francis Ltd
Année de publication 2023-05-31
Nombre de pages 128
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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