Czech and Polish Sound Memories of the Second World War
Museums, Literature, Sound Art
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Czech and Polish Sound Memories of the Second World War
Museums, Literature, Sound Art
About this book
This book investigates the crucial yet often overlooked role of sound in shaping the memory of the Second World War.
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Authors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Museums
- 1 Museums as the Medium of War Sounds
- 2 Weapon Sounds and Sirens in Czech and Polish Museums and Memorials
- 3 Voices in Czech and Polish Museums and Memorials
- Part II Literature
- 4 Literature as the Medium of War Sounds
- 5 Thanatosonic Scarcity, Silence and Sounds of German in Contemporary Czech Prose Fiction
- 6 Voices, Weapon Sounds and Machine Noises in Polish Post-memorial Prose Fiction
- Part III Sound Art
- 7 Czech Soundwalk Production on the Second World War
- 8 Towards and Beyond Sound Memories: Field Recordings at Holocaust Memorial Sites in Poland
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index