| Abstract [eng] |
This work tries to analyse how in 1940-1953 the memory and painful experiences of Lithuanians who have experienced the deportations of the Lithuanian population are transmitted to their descendants, how the repressive past shapes and affects the identity of the deportees’ descendants, and how this identity is transformed in different generations under the influence of family and general cultural narratives. Applying the concepts of postmemory and cultural trauma the difference in the collective identity of the second- and third-generation descendants was revealed. In order to achieve the goals of the paper 20 interviews were conducted with second and third generation descendants of deportees and 2 descendants of deportees who create works on the topic of exile postmemory. The study of the postmemory of exile descendants, using the qualitative interview method, provided a broader perspective on the relatively new concept of postmemory and its application in exile memory studies. Differences arise both between different generations and between views on how the experience of exile should be viewed, what is the importance of this narrative in the national context. The post-independence narrative of cultural trauma remains strong but with postmemory generations new viewpoints and ways of talking about exile emerge. |
