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Informationen zum Autor Karen Armstrong (1946-2014) was a Professor of Social Anthropology at Helsinki University. Klappentext In June 1944, after two wars with the Soviet Union, the Finnish region of Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union. As a result, the Finnish population of Karelia, nearly 11% of the Finnish population, was moved across the new border. The war years, the loss of territory, the resettlement of the Karelian population, and the reparations that had to be paid to the Allied Forces, were experiences shared by most people living in Finland between 1939 and the late 1950s. Using a family's memoirs, the author shows how these traumatic events affected people in all spheres of their lives and also how they coped physically and emotionally. Zusammenfassung In June 1944, after two wars with the Soviet Union, the Finnish region of Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union. As a result, the Finnish population of Karelia, nearly 11% of the Finnish population, was moved across the new border. The war years, the loss of territory, the resettlement of the Karelian population, and the reparations that had to be paid to the Allied Forces, were experiences shared by most people living in Finland between 1939 and the late 1950s. Using a family's memoirs, the author shows how these traumatic events affected people in all spheres of their lives and also how they coped physically and emotionally. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Sources Chapter 1. Event and Meaning Inkilä, 1997 Community Discourse The Historical Context Chapter 2. Subjective Meaning Routines and Rituals The Lutheran Church in Kirvu Residual Structures Chapter 3. Significant Worlds Topogeny The Text as a World Chapter 4. Genealogical Narratives Marriage and Alliance Origins A House Called Poja-Aatam The Central Story: Eskola House Karelian House Society Chapter 5. Kinship and Nation Getting Married Inheritance Exchange and Transmission Chapter 6. Wartime: A National Event Individual Voices and Collective Memory The Civil War and Its Aftermath Sivistys Women and Sacrifice in War Extraordinary Noted Narratives and National Events Patriotism Chapter 7. Mamma hyvä: Meaning and Value in Letters Apples and Sugar Living Properly Rhubarb and Cultural Transmission Chapter 8. Towards Mythology The First Evacuation Experiencing Otherness Back Home in Inkilä The Second Evacuation End of War, 1944 Boundaries Chapter 9. Conclusion: National Political Culture Notes References Index ...
