Memory and Postwar Memorials: Confronting the Violence of the Past (Studies in European Culture and History)

The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violence.

Francine Hirsch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Karl Schloegel, Cultural Studies, Europa Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany Bill Niven, History and Heritage Department, Nottingham Trent University, UK Robert van der Laarse, History and Cultural Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Geneviève Zubrzycki, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Ofelia Ferrán, Department of Spanish, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA Robyn Autry, Department of Sociology, Wesleyan University, USA Laurie Beth Clark, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Anke Pinkert, Department of German, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA Richard Golsan, Department of French, Texas A&M University, USA Marc Silberman, Department of German, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA