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Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma

By Tamara Hundorova

Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma

By Tamara Hundorova

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This book explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The main themes in the book are postcolonial traumas in relation to past empires and old historiographical narratives; post-totalitarian consciousness, which is characterized by sociocultural ruptures, postcolonial resentment, and intergenerational crises; and post-memory as a means of overcoming historical and familial traumas. Against the backdrop of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the book examines the meeting of different generations and views the clown Verka Serduchka as a mediator between the transition from the Soviet to the post-Soviet world.  The book focuses on three significant Ukrainian novels written between the two Maidans: The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko (2009), Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan (2010), and Notes of a Ukrainian Madman by Lina Kostenko (2010).
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2025-12-30
Publication Date:
2025-12-30
Publisher:
Academic Studies Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798897831340
Weight:
312 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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