Memory in Postmigration Communities

Field of Memory

AvMałgorzata Łukianow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Memory Studies: Global Constellations

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Beskrivning

This book offers an exploration of Postmigration memory fields—spaces where multiple and often conflicting memory narratives of the same past event intersect within a limited locality. Focusing on Poland and the remembrance of the postwar and post-communist periods, it examines what happens when diverse mnemonic trajectories converge in small communities: how memories coexist, clash, merge, or become silenced.By defining and illustrating diverse modes of social memory formation, the book explores how communities decide what becomes their heritage and how families, local authorities, and cultural institutions work to balance overlapping, and sometimes conflicting, memories within a shared space. Can a local museum that strives to encompass multiple narratives still act as a cohesive bearer of identity? Can families with ancestors from dispersed regions weave a coherent story about themselves?Combining theoretical insight with grounded ethnographic analysis, Memory in Postmigration Communities provides conceptual and methodological tools for studying societies shaped by total or large-scale population exchange. It will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, anthropology, history, and memory studies interested in collective remembrance, local identity, and post-displacement heritage.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Memory Studies: Global Constellations
Antal sidor:140
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032680248

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Małgorzata Łukianow is a sociologist at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on memory studies, with particular expertise in oral history. She has previously held positions at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chemnitz University of Technology, and the University of Michigan. She co-chairs the Polish Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association.

Recensioner i media

'This book is a rigorously researched, theoretically rich, and conceptually ambitious study of memory in two contemporary Polish communities shaped by postwar migration. Łukianow introduces practical definitions for the still-emerging field of memory studies and demonstrates that multidirectionality and agonism are not just ethical orientations but are shaped by unevenly distributed forms of symbolic recognition. The author’s meticulous analysis and theoretical rigor make this book a much-needed intervention in memory studies of Central Europe.'Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, Professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Innehållsförteckning

The Dynamics of Coexistence: An Introduction Evidence and Methodologies 1. Doxa and Memory, or Poland Is Born and Falls in “Recovered” Towns 2. National Memory as Heterodoxy 3. Changing Temporal Frameworks as Doxa-Making 4. Memory Consortia Postscript: Scenes of Mnemonic Struggle Appendix 1: Glossary of Key Terms Appendix 2: Detailed Data Overview