General Information

Language

English.

Published

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2020.

Physical Description

vi, 434 pages ; 26 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Norris, Stephen M., (editor.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range of fields explore various museums and include nearly 90 photographs, a common denominator emerges: rather than focusing on artifacts and historical documents, these museums often privilege memories and stories. In doing so, the museums shift attention from experiences of guilt or collaboration to narratives of shared victimization under communist rule. As editor Stephen M. Norris demonstrates, these museums are often problematic at best and revisionist at worst. From occupation museums in the Baltic States to memorial museums in Ukraine, former secret police prisons in Romania, and nostalgic museums of everyday life in Russia, the sites considered offer new ways of understanding the challenges of separating memory and myth"--

Subjects

Subject

Communism > Europe, Eastern > History.

Historical museums.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Stephen M. Norris.

Available in another form

Online version: Museums of communism Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2020. 9780253050311 (DLC) 2019050595

ISBN

9780253050328

9780253050304

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	947.0009/04074 NOR		Reference	-

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