Kaliningrad and cultural memory : Cold War and post-Soviet representations of a resettled city /

Kaliningrad and cultural memory : Cold War and post-Soviet representations of a resettled city /

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Author / Creator:	Saunders, Edward (Edward Isaac John), author.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2019]
Description:	viii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cultural memories ; vol. 12 Cultural memories ; vol. 12.
Subject:	Collective memory -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai͡a oblastʹ) Politics and culture -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai͡a oblastʹ) -- 20th century. Germans -- Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) -- History -- 20th century. Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) -- Civilization -- 20th century. Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) -- Intellectual life. Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11803615

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ISBN:	9781787072749 1787072746 9781787072756 (ePDF) 9781787072763 (ePub) 9781787072770 (mobi)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.
Summary:	"In 1945, the Soviet Union annexed the East Prussian city of Königsberg, later renaming it Kaliningrad. Left in ruins by the war, the home of Immanuel Kant became a Russian city, a source of historical and cultural fascination for settlers, former inhabitants, visitors and observers alike. New settlers replaced the German population in the years that followed. This book looks at three aspects of Kaliningrad's relationship to the memory of Königsberg through cultural and literary sources and visual representations. First, it addresses the symbolism of Königsberg as a memory site in German culture and nostalgia for the city after 1945. Second, it discusses imagined and satirical literary-cultural adaptations and deconstructions of the idea of 'Kant and Königsberg' during the Cold War and afterwards. Third, it explores and reflects on discourses of memory, history and nostalgia in representations of the city by poets, photographers and filmmakers visiting Kaliningrad from the 1960s onwards. The book provides an introduction to the memory debates relating to Königsberg-Kaliningrad, as well as new critical readings of literary texts, films and photographic works"--

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