The Legacies of Soviet Repression and Displacement

This Book Explores The Ways In Which Memories Of Stalin-Era Repression And Displacement Manifest Across Times And Places Through Diverse Forms Of Materialization. The Chapters Of The Book Explore The Concrete Mobilities Of Life Stories Letters Memoirs Literature Objects And Bodies Reflecting Soviet Repression And Violence Across Borders Of Geographical Locations Historical Periods And Affective Landscapes. These Spatial Temporal And Psychological Shifts Are Explored Further As Processes Of Textual Circulation And Mediation.By Offering Novel Multi-Sited And Multi-Media Analyses Of The Creative Political Societal Cultural And Intimate Implications Of Remembrance The Collection Contributes Fresh Interdisciplinary Perspectives To Both The Field Of Memory Studies And The Study Of Soviet Repression. The Case Studies In This Collection Focus On The Personal Autobiographical And Intimate Representations Experiences And Practices Related To The Remembrance Of Stalinist Repression And Displacement As They Are Mediated Through Memoirs Fiction Interviews And Versatile Commemorative Practices. Taken Together The Book Asks: What Happens To Memories Life Stories Testimonies And Experiences When They Travel In Time And Space And Between Media And Are (Re)Interpreted And (Re)Formulated Through These Transfers? What Kinds Of Memorial Forms Are Gained Through Processes Of Mediation? What Types Of Spaces For Remembering Telling And Feeling Are Created Negotiated And Contested Through These Shifts? What Are The Boundaries And Intersections Of Intimate Familial Community National And Transnational Memories?By Analytically Contextualizing The Various Case Studies Within Broader Memory Discourses In A Range Of Geographical And Political Contexts The Book Offers Rich And Multilayered Interpretations Of The Enduring Ramifications Of Communist Repression. The Collection Demonstrates That These Multiply Moving Memories Not Only Reflect Eastern European Memory Culture But Also Reach Far Beyond And Have Transnational And Transgenerational Significance. As Such This Timely Book Will Be Essential Reading For Anyone With An Interest In The Former Soviet Union Or Memory Studies More Broadly.The Open Access Version Of This Book Available At Http://Www.Taylorfrancis.Com Has Been Made Available Under A Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (Cc-By-Nc-Nd)] 4.0 License.