CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Kubica, Aleksandra Elzbieta |
|---|---|
| Title | Post-Jedwabne debate controversies in Poland: history, memory and their advocates |
| Summary | This thesis discusses selected cases of contestations of national memory-based discourses in post-Communist Poland in the framework of Polish identity narratives. It especially focuses on cultural and academic productions that challenge dominant narratives of suffering, victimhood and innocence with interventions incorporating Jewish accounts on the past. The secondary literature on Jedwabne debate is reviewed and it is concluded that a more adequate analytical conceptual framework is necessary to understand the dynamics of the debates. It is proposed to examine the debates by looking at the producers and consumers of memory and history, collective and individual actors and their interests, as well as notions of contestation and intervention. A case study of Władysław Pasikowski’s film “the Aftermath” is presented to demonstrate the usefulness of the suggested conceptual framework. A variety of methods are used in the investigation: secondary literature, media accounts, opinion polls and reports were consulted and semi-structured interviews were conducted. |
| Supervisor | Kovacs, Andras; Varadi, Luca |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/kubica_aleksandra.pdf |
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