Czech and Polish Sound Memories of the Second World War
Routledge (Verlag)
9781032907499 (ISBN)
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.
This volume is essential reading for scholars in memory studies, sound studies, cultural and public history, museology, literary theory and musicology, as well as for museum professionals and anyone interested in how the past resonates – literally and metaphorically – through sound.
Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková is Professor of History at Palacký University Olomouc. She is editor of Family Memory: Practices, Transmission and Uses in a Global Perspective (Routledge, 2021). Marcin Filipowicz is Professor of Gender and Literary Studies at Charles University in Prague and at the University of Warsaw. He is the author of numerous articles and several monographs, including Configuring Memory in Czech Family Sagas: The Art of Forgetting in Generic Tradition (2022). Dobrawa Lisak-Gębala is an assistant professor at the Institute of Polish Studies, University of Wrocław. She is the author of the monograph Poetycka tanatosonika. Dźwięki przemocy zbrojnej w wierszach z lat 1939–1945 (2025). Sławomir Wieczorek is an assistant professor at the Institute of Musicology, University of Wrocław. He is the author of On the Musical Front: Socialist Realist Discourse on Music in Poland, 1948–1955 (2020) and co-editor of Sounds of War and Peace: Soundscapes of European Cities in 1945 (2018) and Sensitive Sound Recordings (2022). Andrea Hanáčková is Associate Professor of Theatre and Radio Studies at Palacký University Olomouc. She recently published Autorský rozhlasový dokument (2022), which charts three decades of independent Czech documentary production since the fall of communism.
PART 1: Museums
1 Museums as the Medium of War Sounds
Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková
2 Weapon Sounds and Sirens in Czech and Polish Museums and Memorials
Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková
3 Voices in Czech and Polish Museums and Memorials
Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková
PART 2: Literature
4 Literature as the Medium of War Sounds
Marcin Filipowicz and Dobrawa Lisak-Gębala
5 Thanatosonic Scarcity, Silence and Sounds of German in Contemporary Czech Prose Fiction
Marcin Filipowicz
6 Voices, Weapon Sounds and Machine Noises in Polish Post-memorial Prose Fiction
Dobrawa Lisak-Gębala
PART 3: Sound Art
7 Czech Soundwalk Production on the Second World War
Andrea Hanáčková
8 Toward and Beyond Sound Memories: Field Recordings at Holocaust Memorial Sites in Poland
Sławomir Wieczorek
Conclusion
Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková, Marcin Filipowicz, Dobrawa Lisak-Gębala and Sławomir Wieczorek
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Cultural History |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 700 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781032907499 / 9781032907499 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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