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The Testimony of Lives: Narrative and memory in post-Soviet Latvia
Contributor(s): Skultans, Vieda (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415162904     ISBN-13: 9780415162906
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $54.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1997
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Annotation: Vieda Skultans left Latvia as a refugee at the age of six months. In 1990, she returned for the first time. This remarkable book is both a personal account of a homecoming and an anthropology of a people trying to come to terms with its past and to face an uncertain future. Based on more than 100 interviews carried out in the wake of Latvian independence, it gives voice to the stories that could not be told under Soviet rule--stories of dispossession and exile and of ambiguous returns. At the same time it unpicks the process of memory itself, showing how personal memory is shaped by the traditional narratives of national history and culture.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 947.960
LCCN: 97-12949
Lexile Measure: 1060(Not Available)
Series: Economies of Asia; 10
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.14" L (1.01 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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Vieda Skultans left Latvia as a refugee at the age of six months. In 1990, she returned for the first time. This text is both a personal account of a homecoming and an anthropology of a people trying to come to terms with its past and to face an uncertain future. Based on more than 100 interviews carried out in the wake of Latvian independence, it gives voice to stories of dispossession and exile and of ambiguous returns. At the same time it unpicks the process of memory itself, showing how personal memory is shaped by the traditional narratives of national history and culture.
 
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