The Testimony of Lives

Narrative and memory in post-Soviet Latvia

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Vieda Skultans ISBN: 9781134714872
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 1, 2002
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Vieda Skultans
ISBN: 9781134714872
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 1, 2002
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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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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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