Peripheral Memories: Public And Private Forms Of Experiencing And Narrating The Past (histoire)

After a period of intense work on national memory cultures, we are observing a growing interest in memory both as a social and an individual practice. Memory studies tend to focus on a particular field of memory processes, namely those connected with war, persecution and expulsion. In this sense, the memory - or rather the trauma - of the Holocaust is paradigmatic for the entire research field. The Holocaust is furthermore increasingly understood as constitutive of a global memory community which transcends national memories and mediates universal values. The present volume diverges from this perspective by dealing also with everyday subjects of memory. This allows for a more complete view of the interdependencies between public and private memory and, more specifically, public and family memory. Contents Peripheral Memories – Introduction The Functions of Familial Memory and Processes of Identity “Totally Average Families”? Thoughts on the Emotional Dimension in the Intergenerational Transmission of Perspectives on National Socialism The Aftermath of Violence. The Post-Coup Second Generation in Chile Familial Discussions in the Context of Memory Research on the Second World War. Expectations and Disappointments The Family as a Social Frame of Memory. The Example of Luxembourgian Farmer Families Private, Semi-Public, Published. Rural Autobiographies within the Family and Beyond Curating People? Museum Mediated Memories and the Politics of Representation Remembering the Home. The Intricate Effects of Narrative Inheritance and Absent Memory on the Biographical Construction of Orphanhood Public Discourse and Private Memory Processes in Luxembourgian Steel Worker Families Questioning the Cultural Memory of the 1960s. Communist Narratives in Contemporary British History Remembering Socialism, Living Post-Socialism. Gender, Generation and Ethnicity “Actually we are Deeply Rooted in Austria”. National Identity Constructions and Historical Perceptions of Young People with Migration Backgrounds in Austria Narrated (Hi)Stories in an Intercultural Context. How Young People in Germany and Poland Deal with Tensions Between Communicative and Cultural Memory Contributors After a period of intense work on national memory cultures, we are observing a growing interest in memory both as a social and an individual practice. Memory studies tend to focus on a particular field of memory processes, namely those connected with war, persecution and expulsion. In this sense, the memory - or rather the trauma - of the Holocaust is paradigmatic for the entire research field. The Holocaust is furthermore increasingly understood as constitutive of a global memory community which transcends national memories and mediates universal values. The present volume diverges from this perspective by dealing also with everyday subjects of memory. This allows for a more complete view of the interdependencies between public and private memory and, more specifically, public and family memory. Memory,Narrative,Trauma,Social Change,Identity,Family,Memory Culture,Cultural History,History of the 20th Century,Contemporary History,History Biographical note: Elisabeth Boesen (Dr.) is a cultural anthropologist working at the University of Luxembourg. Her research interests include rural spaces and social-cultural change, family memory, migration/spatial mobility (Europe and West Africa). Fabienne Lentz is a historian who is doing her PhD thesis on migration memory in Italian immigrant families in Luxembourg. Michel Margue (Prof. Dr.) teaches history at the University of Luxembourg. He is a specialist in medieval history and his research interests include national memory and processes of identity formation. Denis Scuto (Dr.) teaches history at the University of Luxembourg. His research interests include working class history and migration history. Renée Wagener is a social scientist at the University of Luxembourg, a consultant and a journalist. She is presently concluding her doctoral thesis on the Jewish community in Luxembourg Long description: After a period of intense work on national memory cultures, we are observing a growing interest in memory both as a social and an individual practice. Memory studies tend to focus on a particular field of memory processes, namely those connected with war, persecution and expulsion. In this sense, the memory - or rather the trauma - of the Holocaust is paradigmatic for the entire research field. The Holocaust is furthermore increasingly understood as constitutive of a global memory community which transcends national memories and mediates universal values. The present volume diverges from this perspective by dealing also with everyday subjects of memory. This allows for a more complete view of the interdependencies between public and private memory and, more specifically, public and family memory