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Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

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The transnational dynamics of local remembrance : The Jewish past in a former shtetl in Poland

Author

  • Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

Summary, in English

This article presents an example of how the transnational production of memory is at work in a small Polish town that, prior to the Holocaust, was a “shtetl.” The author uses transnational optics to take an in-depth look at how local memories of Jews and the Holocaust are formed in this particular locality and discusses the effects of transnational mnemonic encounters. She highlights the multiscalarity of transnational processes as well as the continuing resilience of national frameworks.

Department/s

  • European Studies

Publishing year

2018-07-01

Language

English

Pages

301-314

Publication/Series

Memory Studies

Volume

11

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Cultural Studies

Keywords

  • Holocaust
  • multiscalarity of memory
  • Szydłowiec
  • transcultural memory
  • transnational memory

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1750-6980