Holocaust education in Lithuania : community, conflict, and the making of civil society /

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Author / Creator:Beresniova, Anna Christine, author.
Imprint:Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
Description:xxvii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11017379
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ISBN:9781498537445
1498537448
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Holocaust Education in Lithuania examines the effects of the controversial policies for Holocaust education that were introduced as conditions of membership for access into post-Soviet western alliances."
Other form:Online version: Beresniova, Anna Christine, author. Holocaust education in Lithuania New York : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498537452
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "Again with the Jews?": The Politics of the Holocaust in Post-Soviet Lithuania
  • 1. "Nazi = Soviet": The Debate That Defines a Generation
  • 2. "The Ambassador Is Doing the Devil's Work": The International Dimensions of Holocaust Education in Lithuania
  • 3. "Tribal Thinking": Chronopolitics, Elite Culture, and the Making of Policy Subjects
  • 4. "It All Depends on the Teacher": Teacher Motivations, Administrative Hierarchy, and Cultural Boundaries
  • 5. "It's Just Holocaust, Holocaust, Holocaust": The Missing Jews in Lithuanian Discourses
  • 6. "Right-Wing Mad Generals": Discourses and Counter-Discourses About the State of Lithuania
  • 7. "One Man Alone in a Field Is Not a Soldier": Community, Society, and Metaphors of Battle in Lithuanian Holocaust Education
  • Conclusions: "All of Us Think We Are Special": History, Magic, and Battlegrounds as Opportunities
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author