{"product_id":"9780745655772","title":"Remembering Katyn","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRemembering Katyn\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexander Etkind | Rory Finnin | Uilleam Blacker | Julie Fedor | Simon Lewis | Maria Mälksoo | Matilda Mroz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Latin America \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatyn– the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 – has come to be remembered as Stalin’s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that gives the tragedy its name. Their remains lie buried in killing fields throughout Russia, Ukraine and, most likely, Belarus. Today their ghosts haunt the cultural landscape of Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book traces the legacy of Katyn through the interconnected memory cultures of seven countries: Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic States. It explores the meaning of Katyn as site and symbol, event and idea, fact and crypt. It shows how Katyn both incites nationalist sentiments in Eastern Europe and fosters an emerging cosmopolitan memory of Soviet terror. It also examines the strange impact of the 2010 plane crash that claimed the lives of Poland’s leaders en route to Katyn.\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on novels and films, debates and controversies, this book makes the case for a transnational study of cultural memory and navigates a contested past in a region that will define Europe’s future.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlexander Etkind is Reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRory Finnin is Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies and Chair of the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUilleam Blacker is MAW Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulie Fedor is MAW Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimon Lewis is a PHD candidate at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaria Mälksoo is Senior Researcher at the University of Tartu, Estonia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatilda Mroz is Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Greenwich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 October 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745655772\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377922044044,"sku":"9780745655772","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745655772.jpg?v=1780153819","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745655772","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}