{"product_id":"vanished-lands-memory-and-postmemory-in-north-american-lithuanian-diaspora-literature-9781803740256","title":"Vanished Lands: Memory and Postmemory in North","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e«Dr. Laima Vincė Sruoginis, an established author, academic, and life-long part of the North American Lithuanian diaspora, courageously faces Lithuania’s difficult historical legacy in her ground-breaking book. She researched her community’s refugee ancestors, drawing both from personal interviews and dusty academic sources, confronting uncomfortable truths.»\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Philip S. Shapiro, President, Remembering Litvaks, Inc.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs World War II ended, refugees fled Soviet-occupied Lithuania, finding shelter in the displaced persons camps of Europe. By 1949, most had emigrated to North America. They brought with them opposing narratives about the Nazi occupation (1941–1944) when 95 percent of Lithuania’s Jewish community was annihilated. Trauma narratives were passed down to the second and third generations through collective memory. Through postmemory, cultural memory, and trauma theory, \u003ci\u003eVanished Lands\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes literary works by North American Jewish and Lithuanian writers who speak over the silence of decades, seeking answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: Introduction: An Ocean Away and a Century in the Past – The Literary Works and Theoretical Framework – The Holocaust by Bullets in Lithuania – Lithuania’s Anti- Soviet Armed Resistance – Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Migration from Lithuania to North America – The Role of Lithuanian Émigré Writers in Shaping the Next Generation – Two Interpretations—Two Continents: Algirdas Landsbergis, \u003ci\u003eFive\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePosts in a Market Place\u003c\/i\u003e – Expressions of Cultural Memory in Two Lithuanian Diaspora Memoirs: Antanas Sileika, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Bingo Caller \u003c\/i\u003eand Daiva Markelis, \u003ci\u003eWhite Field, Black Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e – Catharsis Through Memory: Samuel Bak, \u003ci\u003ePainted in Words— A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e – Postmemory as Historical Reckoning: Rita Gabis, \u003ci\u003eA Guest at the Shooters’ Banquet \u003c\/i\u003eand Julija Šukys, \u003ci\u003eSiberian Exile\u003c\/i\u003e – Yiddish as Postmemory Portal: Ellen Cassedy, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e – Postmemory and Historical Accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042791457111,"sku":"9781803740256","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781803740256.jpg?v=1750955646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vanished-lands-memory-and-postmemory-in-north-american-lithuanian-diaspora-literature-9781803740256","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}