Vieda Skultans

The Testimony of Lives (eBook, PDF)

Narrative and memory in post-Soviet Latvia

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1944 Skultans left Latvia as a refugee. In 1990 she returned for the first time. This book is both a personal account of a homecoming, and an anthropology of a nation trying to come to terms with its past and facing an uncertain future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134714889
• Artikelnr.: 43072341

Autorenporträt

Vieda Skultans is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 A FAMILY HISTORY 2 A CHRONICLE OF RESEARCH 3 ORDER IN
NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE 4 READING LETTERS 5 DESTINY AND THE SHAPING OF
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 6 THE EXPROPRIATION OF BIOGRAPHY 7 THE LIVED AND THE
REMEMBERED FOREST 8 DAMAGED LIVES, DAMAGED HEALTH 9 MEANINGS LOST AND
GAINED 10 HABITABLE IDENTITIES

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Introduction 1 A FAMILY HISTORY 2 A CHRONICLE OF RESEARCH 3 ORDER IN NARRATIVE EXPERIENCE 4 READING LETTERS 5 DESTINY AND THE SHAPING OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY 6 THE EXPROPRIATION OF BIOGRAPHY 7 THE LIVED AND THE REMEMBERED FOREST 8 DAMAGED LIVES, DAMAGED HEALTH 9 MEANINGS LOST AND GAINED 10 HABITABLE IDENTITIES

Rezensionen

'A beautifully written living history' - The Irish Independent

'A beautifully written living history' - The Irish Independent