Table of Contents

Foreword--Michael Lambeck * Introduction--Francesca Cappelletto, University Of Verona, Italy * Remembering the Resistance in Popular Theatre: A Basque Controversy--Sandra Ott, University Of Nevada, Reno * War Remembrance and Social Relations in the Village of Ziakias--Riki Van Boeshoten, University of Thessaly, Greece * Public Memories and Personal Stories: Recalling the Nazi-Fascist Massacres in Central Italy--Francesca Cappelletto, University Of Verona, Italy * The Anecdote in the Concentrationary Memory--Laurent Vergne, CNRS, France * Reconstructing Life In Violent Eras: A Comparison of Emigre and Native Narratives--Roger Petersen, MIT * World War II Comes to an Istrian Village--Rudolph Bell, Rutgers University * Memory Making among Gentry in Poland--Longina Jakubowska, University of Amsterdam

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This book considers the connections between memory and violence in the wake of World War II.

About the Author

Francesca Cappelletto is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Verona. Francesca Cappelletto is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Verona.

Reviews

'This is a rich and readable collection, full of vivid, moving vignettes from the memories of sufferers. The contributors also raise many significant questions about memory, violence and interpretation of civilians' experiences of occupation and its aftermath in bitterly divided countries'. Elizabeth Tonkin, Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology, Queen's University of Belfast 'A very important and thought provoking international collection of essays. At a time in which mass destruction and terror are once again a daily experience for countless people in many parts of the world, these essays can help us try to make sense not only of the past but also of our own traumatic present.' Alessandro Portelli, Professor of Anglo-American Literature, University 'La Sapienza' Rome 'First hand accounts of World War II will soon themselves be a thing of the past. This timely volume presents a range of empathetic yet critically sophisticated studies of ordinary people's memories of the war.' Professor Harvey Whitehouse, Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen's University Belfast 'This work contains major contributions to the study of social memory and shows how psychological and sociological theories may come together.' Maurice Bloch, Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics