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Gulag memories : the rediscovery and commemoration of Russia's repressive past / Zuzanna Bogumił ; translated by Philip Palmer

Author
Bogumił, Zuzanna
Uniform Title
Pamięć Gułagu. English
Published
New York : Berghahn Books, 2022.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Description
ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
The Solovetsky Islands -- The Komi Republic -- Perm Krai -- Kolyma.
Summary
"Though the institution of the Gulag was nominally closed over half a decade ago, it lives on as an often hotly contested site of memory in the post-socialist era. This ethnographic study takes a holistic, comprehensive approach to understanding memories of the Gulag, and particularly the language of commemoration that surrounds it in present-day Russian society. It focuses on four regions of particular historical significance-the Solovetsky Islands, the Komi Republic, the Perm region, and Kolyma-to carefully explore how memories become a social phenomenon, how objects become heritage, and how the human need to create places of memory has preserved the Gulag in specific ways today."--Page 4 of cover.
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ISBN
9781800734371 (paperback)
1800734379 (paperback)
Note
"Polish-language edition, ©2012 Universitas, originally published by Universitas as Pamięć Gułagu."
NOT HANDLED ON AP-RECENT REPRINT.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
The Hastings Libraries Endowment
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