Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991

The article focuses on the examples of Ukrainian historical feature films set in World War II and the so-called “war after the war” in Ukraine. The images considered evade rigid categories, and show the diversity of cultural representations of the period in question, which constitute a field of nego...

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Main Author: Olga Gontarska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu 2021-12-01
Series:Review (Institute of National Remembrance)
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.ipn.gov.pl/index.php/inrr/article/view/1137
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description The article focuses on the examples of Ukrainian historical feature films set in World War II and the so-called “war after the war” in Ukraine. The images considered evade rigid categories, and show the diversity of cultural representations of the period in question, which constitute a field of negotiation between the narrative of the Great Patriotic War and World War II. Film images will be analysed as a historical sources for study of the perceptions of history. The article’s main goal is to answer the question of “whose history” is presented there. The text is intended to present the films as the result of the activities of the various actors involved in politics of history in its broad definition.
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Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
Review (Institute of National Remembrance)
Great Patriotic War
World War II
Ukrainian feature films
cultural representations of history
title Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
title_full Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
title_fullStr Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
title_full_unstemmed Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
title_short Between the Great Patriotic War and World War II: the Image of the War in Ukrainian Feature Films after 1991
title_sort between the great patriotic war and world war ii the image of the war in ukrainian feature films after 1991
topic Great Patriotic War
World War II
Ukrainian feature films
cultural representations of history
url https://czasopisma.ipn.gov.pl/index.php/inrr/article/view/1137
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