{"product_id":"authenticity-and-victimhood-after-the-second-world-war-narratives-from-europe-and-east-asia-hardcover","title":"Authenticity and Victimhood After the Second World War: Narratives from Europe and East Asia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandall Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAchim Saupe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndreas Wirsching\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Second World War was filled with many terrible crimes, such as genocide, forced migration and labour, human-made famine, forced sterilizations, and dispossession, that occurred on an unprecedented scale. \u003ci\u003e Authenticity and Victimhood after the Second World War \u003c\/i\u003eexamines victim groups constructed \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein the twentieth century in the aftermath of these experiences. The collection explores the concept of authenticity through an examination of victims' histories and the construction of victimhood in Europe and East Asia. Chapters consider how notions of historical authenticity influence the self-identification and public recognition of a given social group, the tensions arising from individual and group experiences of victimhood, and the resulting, sometimes divergent, interpretation of historical events. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from case studies on topics including the Holocaust, the siege of Leningrad, American air raids on Japan, and forced migrations from Eastern Europe, \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity and Victimhood after the Second World War \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates the trend towards a victim-centred collective memory as well as the interplay of memory politics and public commemorative culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and director of the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAchim Saupe\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Leibniz Research Alliance for Historical Authenticity at the Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndreas Wirsching\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaqing Yang\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.13 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45773777338565,"sku":"9781487528218","price":135.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ZH5JYiTQLu9781487528218.webp?v=1770514763","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/authenticity-and-victimhood-after-the-second-world-war-narratives-from-europe-and-east-asia-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}