Jewish Space in Contemporary Poland

Erica T. Lehrer, Michael Meng, Genevieve Zubrzycki , Magdalena Waligorska

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Indiana University Press
27 April 2015

Memorials, monuments; European history; Social & cultural history; Jewish studies

In a time of national introspection regarding the country's involvement in the persecution of Jews, Poland has begun to reimagine spaces of and for Jewishness in the Polish landscape, not as a form of nostalgia but as a way to encourage the pluralization of contemporary society. The essays in this book explore issues of the restoration, restitution, memorializing, and tourism that have brought present inhabitants into contact with initiatives to revive Jewish sites. They reveal that an emergent Jewish presence in both urban and rural landscapes exists in conflict and collaboration with other remembered minorities, engaging in complex negotiations with local, regional, national, and international groups and interests. With its emphasis on spaces and built environments, this volume illuminates the role of the material world in the complex encounter with the Jewish past in contemporary Poland.

Contributions by: Genevieve Zubrzycki, Magdalena Waligorska, Slawomir Kapralski
Edited by: Erica T. Lehrer, Michael Meng
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780253015037
ISBN 10: 0253015030
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 April 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erica Lehrer is Associate Professor in the History and Sociology/Anthropology Departments at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, where she also holds the Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography, and Museology. Michael Meng is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Clemson University, South Carolina.

Reviews for Jewish Space in Contemporary Poland

What immediately strikes the reader of this book is its unique focus on space as an analytical category, particularly as it is modified by various modes of construction and transnationalism It is impressive for the overall consistency of the chapters and the range of parochial discourses (Jewish, Polish, memory-studies, theoretical) that are interwoven by the authors, offering opportunities for readers from a variety of disciplines to learn something new. Oren Stier, Florida International University