Just got my copy of the book that was in the making since Oct. 2009. Excited. In addition to a great variety of articles, it has my initial attempt to write about postsocialism as a postcolonial condition. ============= Rites of Place: Public Commemoration in Russia and Eastern Europe. Edited and with an introduction by Julie Buckler and Emily D. Johnson Northwestern University Press: Evanston, Illinois, 2013 Ranging widely across time and geography, Rites of Place is to date the most comprehensive and diverse example of memory studies in the field of Russian and East European studies. Leading scholars consider how public rituals and the commemoration of historically significant sites facilitate a sense of community, shape cultural identity, and promote political ideologies. The aims of this volume take on unique importance in the context of the tumultuous events that have marked Eastern European history—especially the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, World War II, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. With essays on topics such as the founding of St. Petersburg, the battle of Borodino, the Katyn massacre, and the Lenin cult, this volume offers a rich discussion of the uses and abuses of memory in cultures where national identity has repeatedly undergone dramatic shifts and remains riven by internal contradictions. Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction Julie Buckler and Emily D. Johnson 3 Part 1. Reconstituting Urban Space Transporting Jerusalem: The Epiphany Ritual in Early St. Petersburg Michael S. Flier 15 Prague Funerals: How Czech National Symbols Conquered and Defended Public Space Marek Nekula 35 A “Monstrous Staircase”: Inscribing the 1905 Revolution on Odessa Rebecca Stanton 59 Jubilation Deferred: The Belated Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of St. Petersburg/Leningrad Emily D. Johnson 81 Part 2. The Art and Culture of Commemoration The Portrait Mode: Zhukovsky, Pushkin, and the Gallery of 1812 Luba Golburt 105 An Island of Antiquity: The Double Life of Talashkino in Russia and Beyond Katia Dianina 133 From Lenin’s Tomb to Avtovo Station: Illusion and Spectacle in Soviet Subterranean Space Julia Bekman Chadaga 157 From Public, to Private, to Public Again: International Women’s Day in Post- Soviet Russia Choi Chatterjee 183 Part 3 Military and Battlefield Commemorations Taking and Retaking the Field: Borodino as a Site of Collective Memory Julie Buckler 203 Who to Lead the Slavs? Poles, Russians, and the 1910 Anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald Patrice M. Dabrowski 225 Moscow’s First World War Memorial and Ninety Years of Contested Memory Karen Petrone 241 Part 4 Commemorating Trauma Memory as the Anchor of Sovereignty: Katyn and the Charge of Genocide James von Geldern 263 Postcolonial Estrangements: Claiming a Space Between Stalin and Hitler Serguei Alex. Oushakine 285 Prisons into Museums: Fashioning a Post- Communist “Place of Memory” Cristina Vatulescu 315 Contributors 337
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