„Heimat is Heimat“: “Homeland” As a Theme in the Memory of German Inhabitants who Have Remained in the Czech Lands

• Autorzy: Nosková Jana

Warianty tytułu

CS

Heimat je Heimat? Tematizování „domova“ ve vzpomínkách zůstavších německých obyvatel českých zemí

• Języki publikacji: CS

Abstrakty

EN

The Czech lands‘ borderland underwent an essential social and cultural transformation between 1945–1946, which was determined by expatriation of most inhabitants of the German origin, as well as by new arrivals, formation of the “Iron Curtain”, and socialization of agriculture. In the public discourse, an image about uprooted borderland was created after 1989. The study deals with how the homeland is thematised by inhabitants of the German origin and their descendants, who were allowed to stay in the Czech lands‘ borderland after 1945/1946 but whose all lived world significantly changed after 1945. The empiric materials includes interviews with eight persons, made using the method of oral history. The author divides the narration about homeland into three groups (according to the time, space, and social and cultural sphere), and as an independent category she sorts out the narrations in which the relation to homeland is compared between those who have remained, and those who had to leave. The author also asks whether it is possible to use the narration about homeland, the “Heimat” concept, for an analysis, which she confirms. The analysis of the material shows that the “homeland” is mostly thematised in connection with its social and cultural components, and that it is most suitable to use the term “displacement” to interpret the narratives.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Homeland; Germans; Czech lands; displacement; communicative memory; oral history; borderlands

• Wydawca: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Czasopismo: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 28
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 184 - 197

Twórcy

autor

Nosková Jana