1st Edition
Belarus - Alternative Visions Nation, Memory and Cosmopolitanism
By Simon Lewis
Copyright 2019
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Belarus is often regarded as "Europe’s last dictatorship", a sort-of fossilized leftover from the Soviet Union. However, a key factor in determining Belarus’s development, including its likely future development, is its own sense of identity. This book explores the complex debates and competing narratives surrounding Belarus’s identity, revealing a far more diverse picture than the widely... Read more
Introduction: Alternative Visions
Part I: Contexts (1800-1991)
1. An Abundant Harvest: the Emergence of Belarusian Memory
2. By Force of Myth: The Making of the Partisan Republic
Part II: Texts of Resistance (1956-1991)
3. Memory at War: Un-writing the Partisan Republic
4. Retrofitting Rebellion: Defiance and Laughter as Hybrid Memory
Part III: Texts of Renewal (1991-2015)
5. Still Fighting: The Afterlife of the Partisan Republic
6. Divided Legacies: Towards Cosmopolitan Mourning
Afterword: On Cosmopolitan Memory
Biography
Simon Lewis is a DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Research Fellow in the Institute for Slavonic Studies at the University of Potsdam.
