Biographies and the division of Europe: experience, action, and change on the 'Eastern side'

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Abstract: The challenge taken on in this book is to confront a division that has separated Europe by an Iron Curtain for over 40 years. The contributions deal with the historical background of this division and its impact on Eastern European biographies. Empirical and theoretical investigations of transformations in people's livessince 1989 are highlighted relating to Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Yugoslavia, as well as the German Democratic Republic. The historical period covered by the articles in this book extends from the Soviet Revolution of 1917 to the present. Contents: Erhard Stölting: The East of Europe: A Historical Construction (23-38); Martin Peterson: The Pursuit of a European Identity (39-53); Wolfram Fischer-Rosenthal: Address Lost: How to Fix Lives. Biographical Structuring in the European Modern Age (55-75); Devorah Kalekin-Fishman: Looking In at Europe from Outside: Stories of Exclusion and Inclusion (77-89); Victoria Semenova: The Message from the Past: Experience of S

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• Alternative title: Biographien und die Teilung Europas: Erfahrung, Handlung und Wandel im Osten
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 3810028878
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 393 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Geschichte ; Systemtransformation ; Biografieforschung ; Eiserner Vorhang ; Lebensbedingungen ; Biografieforschung ; Osteuropa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Opladen
• (who): Leske u. Budrich
• (when): 2000
• Contributor: Breckner, Roswitha ; Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah ; Miethe, Ingrid

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55789
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.