Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim: An Interactional, Synchronic Approach to Collective Memory

by Thomas Van de Putte

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367697319
• ISBN13: 9780367697310
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"