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Czech and Polish Sound Memories of the Second World War: Museums, Literature, Sound Art

Czech and Polish Sound Memories of the Second World War: Museums, Literature, Sound Art

Svaříčková Slabáková, Radmila
Filipowicz, Marcin
Lisak-Gębala, Dobrawa

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

General European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1032907495
ISBN13: 9781032907499
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book investigates the crucial yet often overlooked role of sound in shaping the memory of the Second World War.

Through an interdisciplinary and transnational approach, this volume addresses a notable gap in memory studies and argues that auditory experiences are central to how war is remembered, commemorated and narrated. By placing sound at the heart of collective remembrance, this book reveals how sonic elements influence public discourse, shape collective identities and contribute to the evolving transformation of war memory. Bringing together scholars from the Czech Republic and Poland, this volume examines how the Second World War has been remembered through sound since the 1990s across three distinct media: museum exhibitions, prose fiction and sound art - including soundwalks and field recordings. This innovative framework underscores the importance of exploring how different media evoke and reproduce sound to grasp the complexity and diversity of wartime memory in Central Europe. Focusing on Czech and Polish memory cultures, the book demonstrates that sound may function in multiple and sometimes contradictory ways: as a means of reinforcing national narratives, as a tool for critical engagement, or as a medium for experimental and marginal perspectives.

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