Back to Search
Start Over
A Flight to Fame, to Oblivion.
- Source :
-
European Review . Oct2016, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p491-508. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- This paper investigates a case study of memory transformation. It looks at an 80-year sequence of complex interactions by which a single tragedy, the transatlantic flight and deadly crash in Germany (now Poland) of two American-Lithuanian pilots, which occurred 17 July 1933, was turned into a lasting phenomenon, a powerful myth (re)shaped by competing memory regimes. A general discussion on memory management and the cultural politics related to this event correlates with the topical issues of the ongoing search for a new conception, or the sense of history as a tool for configuring the future of Lithuania, as well as of some other Eastern European countries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10627987
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118110358
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798716000041