1st Edition
World War II Historical Reenactment in Poland The Practice of Authenticity
By Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska
Copyright 2022
210 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the consequences of the latest political shifts in Central Eastern Europe: the rise of right-wing parties and, among other things, politics becoming more invested in history. These phenomena coincide and overlap with the democratisation of history by turning the past into a hot topic, persistently present in the public sphere and often evoking strong emotions. Ethnographic... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Re-history: the subject of experience in historical reenactment 3. The experience of the past 4. The quest for authenticity 5. The legitimisation of authenticity6. Past/present, here/there: reenactors’ space-time 7. Impression 8. An authentic problem: women from the past 9. Can everything be reenacted? 10. Concluding remarks
Biography
Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska works at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Polish Academy of Sciences. She has conducted research on historical reenactment in Poland, contemporary Catholicism, religious heritage and ethnographic shows in East-Central Europe.
