Memory politics in contemporary Ukraine: Reflections from the postcolonial perspective
| Autor: | Yuliya Yurchuk, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
Social Psychology Ukrainian 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) 0507 social and economic geography Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Gender studies 050701 cultural studies language.human_language 0506 political science Nationalism Politics Hybridity Political science Phenomenon 050602 political science & public administration language Politics of memory Nazi Germany |
| Zdroj: | Memory Studies. 12:699-720 |
| ISSN: | 1750-6999 1750-6980 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1750698017727806 |
| Popis: | Reporting from the events of the so-called ‘Euro-revolution’ in Ukraine 2013–2014, the Western media were prompt to point out the excessive use of national symbols, including those connected with the memory of the Ukrainian nationalist organizations ‘OUN’ and ‘UPA’, which for some periods of time had cooperated with Nazi Germany and were involved in the killing of civilians. By using a postcolonial perspective, the article aims to explain this phenomenon, as well as a number of other elements of the politics of memory in contemporary Ukraine, such as the so-called ‘Decommunization Laws’ adopted in 2015. Special attention is paid to Frantz Fanon’s idea of ‘anticolonial nationalism’ and Homi Bhabha’s idea of hybridity and their realization in Ukraine. |
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