Belarus in Autoethnographic Narratives
The Art of Mercy Against Oblivion
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 19 August 2025
- ISBN 9781041072331
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages214 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 560 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 14 Illustrations, black & white; 14 Halftones, black & white 688
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Short description:
This book offers an autoethnographic exploration of the interplay of art, memory, and resilience in Eastern Europe. This book is a valuable addition for researchers and students interested in ethnography and autoethnography, Eastern European studies, art history, cultural studies and memory studies.
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This book offers an autoethnographic exploration of the interplay of art, memory, and resilience in Eastern Europe, weaving together the personal and collective histories of Belarusians – those who survived two World Wars and their contemporaries, who are now looking for a way out of a political crisis in the region.
Set against the history of Belarus, it recounts the story of the author’s greatgrandfather Amyalyan, a Belarusian peasant executed by the Nazis after saving a Jewish man during World War II, along with reflections on artists like Chaïm Soutine and Marc Chagall, whose journeys reflect the region’s cultural endurance. Combining autoethnography and art history, this book presents art as a medium of empathy, challenging readers to engage with paintings emotionally rather than through a purely analytical lens. Each chapter functions as both a historical reflection and an invitation to see art as a means of reclaiming personal narratives, making historical traumas accessible and relatable. Themes of compassion, forgiveness, and the humanizing power of art emerge as essential elements, guiding readers through the complex intersections of personal and collective memory.
This book is a valuable addition for researchers and students interested in ethnography and autoethnography, Eastern European studies, art history, cultural studies, and memory studies.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. Weapon
Chapter 2. The Photograph
Chapter 3. A Batman, my Great-Grand father
Chapter 4. Occupation
Chapter 5. Terror
Chapter 6. Education of Amyalyan
Chapter 7. Denunciation
Chapter 8. Try not to Repeat the Denial of Peter
Chapter 9. Love of Amyalyan
Chapter 10. Happiness
Chapter 11. The Crown of Thorns
Chapter 12. Women’s Crusade
Chapter 13. Death
Chapter 14. Searching for the Language
Chapter 15. Bathing in Lethe River
Chapter 16. Rage
Epilogue: Clementia
Index
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