| Title |
„Čia ne(buvo) Lietuva“: Klaipėda po Antrojo pasaulinio karo – naujosios visuomenės prisiminimai |
| Translation of Title |
‘There was (no) Lithuania here’: Klaipėda after WWII – memories of a new society. |
| Authors |
Kraniauskienė, Sigita |
| DOI |
10.15388/SocMintVei.2017.2.11726 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2017, Nr. 2 (41), p. 169-198.. ISSN 1392-3358. eISSN 2335-8890 |
| Keywords [eng] |
identity ; ethnicity ; Russians ; Germans ; Soviet ; postwar ; Klaipėda’s region ; family history ; settlers |
| Abstract [eng] |
In this article, I address an issue of how structures of cultural, national and generational memories are reproduced in the personalized narratives of the past, and how the meta-narratives of the society are adjusted to the needs of a person in constructing the meaning of the past. The article discusses the complex relationship between ideology and biographical memory: which expressions do individuals use in their personal life stories/family histories about life in postwar Lithuania, and how are the narratives structured by the idea of building a new society, which was a central constituent of the Soviet ideology? How was the image of a new society constructed in the Soviet times and which of its structural components are still actualized in personal life stories/family histories of today’s Russian-speaking community, which was the biggest ethnic group in postwar Klaipėda? The article starts with a brief introduction to the idea of this research and explains why it is focused on the Russian-speaking community in Klaipėda. Following an overview of historical studies on the migration of Russian-speaking people in postwar Lithuania gives a social and demographical profile of the context that structured the collective experience and memories. After an explanation of the analytical model and the methodological assumptions, I proceed to the narrative analysis of life stories/family histories told by Russian-speakers and explore how the narratives are structured by the ideology of the Russified Soviet identity and how this discourse is transformed. By investigating these transformations, I try to show the complex relations between direct and indirect experiences, collective memory as an ideological structure and a city as a living space of different social groups. [...]. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2017 |
| CC license |
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