Heroes and villains : creating national history in contemporary Ukraine
Certain to engender debate in the media, especially in Ukraine itself, as well as the academic community. Using a wide selection of newspapers, journals, monographs, and school textbooks from different regions of the country, the book examines the sensitive issue of the changing perspectives often s...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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Budapest :
Central European University Press
2013.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
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| Online adgang: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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D'après la consultation, 2017-01-23 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 386 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Heroes and villains, creating national history in contemporary Ukraine, David R. Marples, 2007, Budapest, Central European University Press, 1 vol. (XXII-363 p.), 978-963-7326-98-1 |
| Summary: | Certain to engender debate in the media, especially in Ukraine itself, as well as the academic community. Using a wide selection of newspapers, journals, monographs, and school textbooks from different regions of the country, the book examines the sensitive issue of the changing perspectives often shifting 180 degrees on several events discussed in the new narratives of the Stalin years published in the Ukraine since the late Gorbachev period until 2005. These events were pivotal to Ukrainian history in the 20th century, including the Famine of 1932 33 and Ukrainian insurgency during the war years. This latter period is particularly disputed, and analyzed with regard to the roles of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) during and after the war. Were these organizations "freedom fighters" or "collaborators"? To what extent are they the architects of the modern independent state? "This excellent book fills a longstanding void in literature on the politics of memory in Eastern Europe. Professor Marples has produced an innovative and courageous study of how postcommunist Ukraine is rewriting its Stalinist and wartime past by gradually but inconsistently substituting Soviet models with nationalist interpretations. Grounded in an attentive reading of Ukrainian scholarship and journalism from the last two decades, this book offers a balanced take on such sensitive issues as the Great Famine of 1932-33 and the role of the Ukrainian nationalist insurgents during World War II. Instead of taking sides in the passionate debates on these subjects, Marples analyzes the debates themselves as discursive sites where a new national history is being forged. Clearly written and well argued, this study will make a major impact both within and beyond academia." - Serhy Yekelchyk, University of Victoria |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | D'après la consultation, 2017-01-23 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 386 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliografi: | Bibliogr. Index |
| ISBN: | 9786155211355 |
| Adgang: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition |