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The crosses of Auschwitz : nationalism and religion in post-communist Poland /

In the summer and fall of 1998, ultranationalist Polish Catholics erected hundreds of crosses outside Auschwitz, setting off a fierce debate that pitted Catholics and Jews against one another. While this controversy had ramifications that extended well beyond Poland's borders, Geneviève Zubrzy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zubrzycki, Geneviève
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and theoretical orientations
  • Genealogy of Polish nationalism
  • "We, the Polish nation" : redefining the nation in post-communist Poland
  • "Oswiecim"/"Auschwitz" : archaeology of a contested site and symbol
  • The aesthetics of the war of the crosses : mobilizing "the nation"
  • Debating Poland by debating the cross
  • Conclusion : nationalism and religion reexamined
  • Appendix A: periodicals consulted
  • Appendix B: official translation of the preamble to the Constitution of the Third Republic of Poland
  • Appendix C: historical cues.